Steve Buyer: “I have no intention by this amendment to prevent the Fish and Wildlife from extending funds in the planning function of…”

The most important thing is our military medical readiness.

The establishment of a four-star Joint Readiness Command (JRC) to oversee joint readiness, especially medical readiness, is intended to fill a critical gap, rather than increase bureaucracy.

It should not be lost on the committee that of the five commissioners, all of us have had military service, we are military retirees, we have served this Nation in war and in peace.

We are asking that you give it statutory power to actually implement the recommendations.