01/20/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"Under our current budget, Army readiness will, at best, flat-line over the next 3 to 4 years."
"Our military budget appears to be based on assumptions developed to cut the size and funding for our military, not to protect this Nation against potential future threats."
"We cannot leap over that idea to an extension."
"Sequestration will challenge us to meet even our current level of commitments to our allies and partners around the world."