On the recordJuly 20, 2020
I thank the chairman for yielding and certainly for his leadership in bringing this bill to the floor and to the ranking member, Mac Thornberry, for his years of service to this country. We certainly appreciate it. This bill continues the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee's long tradition of bipartisan work to make America's land and air forces the best in the world. Despite challenges imposed upon us during this COVID crisis, this bill is the result of the hard work under very unusual and demanding circumstances. I thank the members of our committee, certainly our staffs and all of them for their hard work in these challenging times. I also thank the ranking member, Mrs. Hartzler, for her leadership and her contributions and certainly working as a bipartisan committee. Our cooperation kept us focused on what truly is important. We have delivered a defense bill that meets the modernization readiness needs of our Nation. This bill carefully manages our military resources while increasing needed oversight of DOD programs.…





