Congresswoman Tsongas and I are working on language that would amend Article 60.

Please explain how the Army determines who is issued what versions and components of flame-resistant uniforms.

I call to order the hearing of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee.

General Kelley, I appreciated your further elaboration on the issue of how do we have to look at these in part as systems so that we can try to have some greater advance.

I want to start by thanking both of you for your dedication on the issue of sexual assault in the military.

In 2010, Congress mandated DOD to establish a procurement line item for body armor components.

I remain concerned that the future priorities and levels of investment for individual equipment be sustained.

What are the Army and Marine Corps plans for female-specific equipment (to include clothing, individual equipment, and body armor) development?

One of the great successes of equipment in the last decade has been developing rapid fielding initiatives that leverage commercial-off-the-shelf products such as ballistic eyewear.

This committee and this subcommittee in particular has always stressed the importance of individual warfighter equipment and has done so in a bipartisan manner.

In my community, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 13,000 people are facing furloughs.

General Ostrowski, I appreciate your acknowledging the research and development fund that in fact Congress was very active in establishing that hopefully can be a bridge to where we are going to find a balance to get both the effectiveness…

With Traumatic Brain Injury as perhaps the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, can you tell me if soldiers and marines are still using unapproved helmet pads?

As evidenced by some of the recent and well-publicized training accidents in our military, it is clear that our service members need the best protective equipment during training as well as in theater.

I am concerned about the requirements for issuance uniforms.

DOD has failed to comply with this requirement.

A recent GAO study highlights the difficulties the military services have experienced with respect to combat uniforms.

we cannot afford such inefficiency and waste

the Air Reserve Technician Program, which is our full-time support, is obviously being furloughed along with all of the civilians at this time.

I call to order the hearing of the Air and Land Subcommittee for the purposes of looking at the issue of equipping and sustaining challenges of Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, and the Air Force Reserve.

I have a bill, H.R. 580, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act, that would expand the ability to export LNG to our NATO partners and to Japan.

I voted against this mess, but I think we are in a situation where the implementation now is in your hands.

Given the current budget uncertainty we face, and the long-term impacts of sequestration to modernization, we believe it necessary to obtain the current views of National Guard and Reserve Component senior leaders.

Russia has a major role as a supplier of natural gas and is a non-reliable exporter to the European countries.

I was very concerned with the way the Obama administration ended the Bush plan to put ground-based missiles in Poland.