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“Mr. Chairman, to quickly amplify on Mr. Gallagher's comments, sometimes you don't know what you don't know until it is too late, and the Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee focuses on knowing things early to prevent disaster. Today, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. I sincerely thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership in bringing this truly bipartisan legislation to the floor for the 63rd consecutive year. This bill is critical for the national security of our Nation as well as providing congressional oversight of the Department of Defense. This bill provides resources and capabilities to counter our Nation's number one threat--China. The Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee portions of the bill accomplishes this by ensuring the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and the Special Operations Forces have the proper authorities, force structure, flexibility, and technically and tactically competent people to support the Department's efforts in strategic competition and counter China. There is more work to be done. This bill is far from perfect and requires compromises from both sides, but it is an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill that supports our servicemembers with a 5.2 percent pay raise, the largest in 20 years.…”