And yet the President's budget request cuts the Guard and Reserve budget by $3 billion compared to fiscal year 2023 enacted levels, impeding both modernization and readiness.

What was most disturbing to me was when I learned through some of the court filings that there was an Air Force memorandum that indicated that he had been repeatedly warned.

The citizens Soldiers of the Guard and Reserve serve in the proud tradition of the Minutemen who fought for the very founding of our country.

The need to properly resource ready, well-equipped, and integrated Guard and Reserve components could not be more clear.

That to me shouldn't require an IG report. That should be on the books now, I think.

Should new aircraft be fielded in a manner that is proportional to the Guard's operational contributions?

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America's competition with China is an increasing challenge, but it is not a new one.

America is only as strong abroad as we are at home, including the innovation and technology we can protect.

Our focus with regard to our military competition with China must remain on deterrence.

I share the Chair's determination to keep proceeding, and I look forward to beginning subcommittee markups in June.

Competition with China occurs in every domain, from the United Nations to cyberspace to Africa.

America is only as strong abroad as we are at home, including the innovation and technology we can protect.

I share the Chair's determination to keep proceeding, and I look forward to beginning subcommittee markups in June.

America's competition with China is an increasing challenge, but it is not a new one.

Competition with China occurs in every domain, from the United Nations to cyberspace to Africa.

Our focus with regard to our military competition with China must remain on deterrence.

We cannot settle for CRs (continuing resolutions) that freeze our progress, result in year-over-year funding cuts.

I think we have a shared understanding that the solution here must be an all-of-Government approach.

The Chinese Communist Party does not govern by CRs, and they do not govern by cuts, and we cannot either.

Thank you very much, Chairman Tester, for holding this hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense.

Thank you very much, Chairman Tester, for holding this hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense.

Are you concerned about the fact that the weapons that the Americans gave to the Security Forces could now be turned against us and our Western allies in a terrorist attack?

I would, however, suggest that it is not a sufficient condition and that the President's budget is inadequate to achieve this goal.