Jon Runyan: “One of the biggest national security threats is our debt.”

From where I have--where I come from and the way I was brought up, stepping up and saying you were wrong is the first step to fixing it.

There is no doubt about it, if there was not a veteran, there would not be a VA.

I am convinced that change is neither desired, nor sought, by complacent management in Philadelphia.

I thank the gentleman for his comments on that. And I will just tell the committee that I have had many conversations with the Air Force about this exact issue, and to be able to take a capability away from what we can do in our global…