Thad Cochran: “Well, we appreciate that. And it's very impressive to contemplate the amount of work and effort that went into this.”

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I understand that the Army's unfunded requirements list includes a $3.1 billion increase in end strength beyond the fiscal year 2017 NDAA mandate.