Mike Turner

Thank you for your leadership, and thank you for giving us this insight.

I want to thank all my fellow members for attending.

Representative Stivers' question is a great passing of the baton in the work that I get to do next.

You are speaking in front of a group that have been strong advocates for relieving sequestration that, of course, has been a scourge on our military.

Because just hitting the number, as you just described, is not the only issue.

It is both a game of advocacy and a game of whack-a-mole.

I think it is really difficult for us as policymakers to have people like yourself that have such important positions as the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to say that you don't want to tell us what your…

Shouldn't there be a concern for a pause in extending the START [Strategic Arms Reduction] Treaty for an additional 5 years?

We are letting somebody else see what we are doing and we are not getting to see what they are doing.

It gives them a significant advantage, and I would love to deny the Russians having that capability.

The rising threats from North Korea and Iran are increasing threats that we are seeing that are happening at just almost a frightening pace.

I would like to work with you to clarify your answer, because I think there are those with your answer of 'we don't need it at this time' or 'we don't need it now,' who might use that as an answer to indicate that the preparation that this…

I think we can't wait until North Korea launches something that has precision that can detect and hit something similar to Hawaii.

GAO and others continue to raise concerns about the long term affordability of the F-35 acquisition program.

As more and more F-35 aircraft are produced and enter operational use, there is a concern if we have everything in place to provide for their continued support.

What is your strategy to structure the F-35 Follow-on Modernization so it provides the most efficient use of tax payers' dollars while at the same time providing the maximum amount of transparency to the Congress to support our oversight…

An Air Force Chief of Staff has said that the A-10 will not be replaced by the F-35.

This airplane differently. It will survive---- In combat.

I can't imagine us being able to satisfactorily deal with those five challenges and, by the way, the challenges that we can't foresee.

Less than one-third of the Army forces are at acceptable readiness levels to conduct sustained ground combat.

Congress' expectation is that you had a base budget of 574.

I would encourage members to please co-sponsor 4076, because it would help the agency have the momentum to waive the prohibition themselves.

I have a bill, H.R. 4076, that would eliminate those restrictions, that would say this is funding that is already there.

I understand the Army is divesting legacy TH-67 training helicopters and the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior reconnaissance scout helicopters.

What can the Congress do to accelerate the procurement of ICBM support helicopters in fiscal year 2017?