It is essential that we do not reverse the gains made last year with fiscal year 2017 funds.
I really appreciated the personal visit from you guys to be able to get into these things, because we are in a recovery ...
We have a serious problem that is... compared to the late 1970s, the hollow force.
What I want to do is I am going to go ahead and shift over to you, and then come back, and I want to specifically talk a...
I think we are on the right pace to do that.
I remember talking about this on the floor. What if we are wrong on this? And sure enough, we were wrong.
It might help if the appropriators can give us some flexibility, so we can spend 2018 money in 2019.
Stable funding over time at the right amount, with paying attention to our people, will get us out of the hole.
We know what has happened to us with our 17 years of sustained fighting.
We ask that Congress end the Continuing Resolution and provide the funds requested in our fiscal year 2018 submission.
We cannot justify doing what we should do in rebuilding our military.