Watson Coleman: “I support the intent of what my colleague from Oklahoma wants to do. He wants to clean up this system. We had a hearing…”

“I support the intent of what my colleague from Oklahoma wants to do. He wants to clean up this system. We had a hearing on this issue last week. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had a hearing on this issue, and we have questions out to the DOD, out to the GAO, and we have a commitment from the Under Secretary of Defense to work with us. I have said if we cannot get the right answers we should pull the plug, but now is not the time to pull the plug. We do oversight for a reason. We are in the process of oversight. Let us get answers to the questions, but clearly then we want to have the right kind of system. So I agree with the intent of what my colleague is trying to accomplish, but this is not the way to do it or the time to do it. Let us finish our investigative work. Let us get the answers, and then we can bring this issue up at another time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. The Senator from Alaska.”