James Langevin actually said...

My comments to them is, look, your folks have to be trained and certified to the same standards as the Active Force.

Langevin insists on equal training standards for National Guard and Active Force members.

03/12/2013

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I thank the ranking member. I want to thank all of our witnesses for your testimony today.

To say it another way, normalizing for inflation and labor cost escalation, this S&T budget has effectively been shrinking for years.

I am concerned that our S&T investments represent an alarmingly small percentage of our overall defense budget...

This S&T ecosystem is charged with delivering the best capabilities to the warfighter in the near, mid and long term.