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

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.

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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.

I am delighted that the Senate is proceeding to consideration of the Fire Grants and Safety Act. This bipartisan legislation, which my colleague from Michigan, Senator Peters, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and I have…

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

I am concerned that the lack of face-to-face meetings may be negatively affecting the FDA's ability to keep pace and retain its scientific and regulatory stature as the gold standard.

I thank Mr. Carter for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as someone who represents the great University of Georgia, it is nice to see him pick up the football and run with this thing. My friend is also right. I have spent my private life, over 30…

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

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.

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

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.

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

Clinical holds can be an important and appropriate tool for the Agency to utilize when a potential concern with an application has surfaced, but they are not a substitute for timely, constructive, and clear communication to sponsors.

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

Are political or economic considerations weighed in your drug approval process?

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

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