Susan Collins

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration.

Recent years have truly been historic for Israel's relationships with regional Arab neighbors.

My concern is this: is that money really going to get to women and children?

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

What does all this mean for the delivery of assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan? Are we really going to be able to reach them?

It would require a clear, coordinated, government-wide strategy for ending these preventable deaths and ensuring that USAID focuses quickly on scaling up the highest impact, evidence-based interventions.

We are going to be, shortly, reintroducing that bipartisan bill. It proposes critical reforms to increase the effectiveness and impact of USAID's maternal and child survival programs.

I do want to welcome Administrator Power. I know that the subcommittee looks forward to hearing your testimony on USAID's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

We in Congress often hear complaints and concerns about how long it takes to develop new capabilities.

I applaud the Space Force's effort to develop a more resilient space architecture.

Do you anticipate requesting a supplemental to cover increased fuel costs?

It appears that this was going on for many months without the Airman, allegedly, being caught.

Whatever happened to 'Need to Know'? That is the principle that is supposed to oversee and restrict access to sensitive classified information.

I appreciate your holding this hearing on the Air Force's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

The seven operational imperatives that you and the Chiefs have established for the Air Force and Space Force provide a useful framework for our analysis this morning.

The mission-capable rate for the F-35 in February was just 53 percent.

The Department is proposing to retire three times as many aircraft as it plans to buy this year.

Until that new system is in place, I welcome the Department's continued commitment to recapitalizing all of the legacy KC-135 aircraft across the Air Force.

We in Congress often hear complaints and concerns about how long it takes to develop new capabilities.

I applaud the Space Force's effort to develop a more resilient space architecture.

In the last 2 years the budget requests greatly underestimated fuel costs on the very day the budget was released.

Do you anticipate requesting a supplemental to cover increased fuel costs?

It appears that this was going on for many months without the Airman, allegedly, being caught.

Whatever happened to 'Need to Know'? That is the principle that is supposed to oversee and restrict access to sensitive classified information.

The mission-capable rate for the F-35 in February was just 53 percent.