Jim Langevin

I appreciate your statement regarding the benefits of the phased modernization plan.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by $30,000,000)''. Page 33, line 19…

I certainly look forward to working with my committee colleagues to continue this tradition of rigorous, responsible, and bipartisan oversight. The work that we do is critical to our national security. Again, I thank Chairman Rogers and…

As the chairman and the ranking member have mentioned in their opening statements, the questions about Sergeant Bergdahl's conduct should be addressed with due process at the appropriate time and such.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Bonamici The Acting CHAIR…

I thank my colleague for his kind words in support of the amendment. With that, I urge all my colleagues to support this amendment. Again, it will give school counselors the most up-to-date information and training that they need as they…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 25, line 10, strike ``or dropout'' and inserting ``, dropout''. Page 25, line 11, insert before the…

We commend Chairman W. ``Mac'' Thornberry and James Langevin, Ranking Member, of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats, and Capabilities, for their April 22, 2014 letter to the President on this…

Caring for our veterans is a top priority and this is a debate worth having.

Given the threat to the strike groups, multiyear procurement of E-2D is absolutely necessary.

Thank you. I know we all look forward to having that document completed then.

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, be they nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological, remains a great threat to our country, our allies, and our friends.

I think some of these cuts--they really raise red flags with me, very concerning.

Well, we are going to have to continue to keep focus on this, and I--again, I hope we are not squandering time and resources on a very serious problem.

And I will echo the chairman's concern. And I am worried that we are going to see duplication of effort...

I don't believe that NNSA priorities square with what President Obama has identified when he talks about prevention of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism as a top priority.

I am very concerned about the downward funding trend for key nonproliferation programs.

I continue to be concerned about the implications and ramifications to the Department from the leaks of the NSA contractor.

General Dempsey states that his 'greatest concern is that we will not innovate quickly enough or deeply enough to be prepared for the future, for the world we will face two decades from now.' I could not agree more.

Do you feel our adversaries, at this point, understand what those red lines are?

Your Principal Military Deputy for Acquisition, Lieutenant General Davis, was quoted in the press a few weeks ago stating that 'of course the new bomber will cost more than $550 million per aircraft.'

I was remiss in not noting cyber as one of the asymmetric threats that North Korea is developing.

I have been working on this issue for years. When I first did a deep dive on this in 2007, I can tell you pretty much nobody was talking about it.

Thank you very much for your testimony and for your service to our Nation.

I hope that the policy decisions will be worked through aggressively so that it is not the policy that is holding back the deployment of the technology.