I hope and pray we will never go back to that situation again.

It is so important that we remain committed to this region.

We must remain focused on the Asia Pacific pivot.

We must also be very receptive and able to respond to our allies' issues.

We must insist that these items be funded through the regular appropriations process and authorization processes.

I do want to voice my frustration at how our committee continues to be circumvented outside of the regular order.

there should be no reason why we can't ask the 0.01 percent of the people in the country to help us address the national security issues

we need money. And the American people are going to look to us either in the next year or the next 10 years

I want to make sure we robustly support these institutes as we move forward into the future.

And so if we got back up to the 220, 215 area, you would be able to utilize all five centers?

I think it would be smart for us to take a holistic approach here and just say, hey, if we know we start feeding our soldiers, airmen, and the rest healthy food, that a lot of these problems can be avoided.