I congratulate you for your efforts. Because I know this is such a needed area not just of course for our military but across the country, we have a need for hundreds of thousands of people with STEM backgrounds.

Fiscal uncertainty and lack of a demand signal that drove us to this poor supply availability makes it difficult to optimize our processes.

While the Air Force continues to face a challenging fiscal environment, it is my hope that key decision makers keep in mind the tremendous capabilities and flexibility that this system provides.

what is the Army doing to mentor junior officers and enlisted personnel from these and other diverse groups to ensure that they have the opportunity and guidance to someday become senior leaders in the Army?

It's pretty hard to enable our people to do the jobs that they signed up for if we continue to rely on short-term CRs and we do not get rid of sequester, because those all impact readiness and modernization, all of those connected areas.

I really hope that you will re-introduce that, and I will do everything possible to help support that bill.

I know that you are aware of the bill that Senator Joni Ernst and I introduced.

we would really want to work with you as World War II Filipino veterans are dying on a daily basis.

I would want to work with you to make sure that these projects are moving along.

I would like you to reiterate, for the record, that you believe that this is a very good thing.

there has been a lack of parity as to the treatment and the access to care for the mental health side