Jim Langevin

My concern is that DOD loses its focus on preparing the next generation.

I find this hard to square with the proposed reduction in the National Defense Education Program [NDEP] to roughly half of its fiscal year 2014 level.

I am a strong supporter of these type of technologies. I think are they are game changing, and they are going to help the fleet be much more effective.

In addition to continued concerns shared by many on this committee with regard to the increasing cost of space launch services...

While I am certainly cognizant of the difficulties in creating an apples-to-apples comparison of the programs in question and the need for continued efforts to make that possible, can you speak to these decisions and the reasoning behind…

Even as we draw down in Afghanistan, the QDR calls for the growth in SOF and for them to remain decisively committed to our fight against Al Qaeda.

The report of the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review [QDR] makes clear that our special operations forces [SOF] will remain an integral part of the way the United States addresses our global and national security interests today and in the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Lumpkin and Admiral McRaven, I want to thank you very much for being here today.

Langevin, Hon. James R., a Representative from Rhode Island, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities.

I think that would be important so this doesn't get away from us and we are providing the level of support that you need, as well, to make it effective.

I do have some concerns there, because, you know, how is the Congress and the Department, how are we expected to really have oversight visibility across this massive undertaking

Each of the COCOMs that have testified before this committee this year have expressed their dependence on key enablers, in particular ISR.

We, I believe, are making a grave mistake in divesting ourselves of the A-10, when it is performing so magnificently and there is no other airframe that can do the job it has done.

Until the Air Force, until the Air Force has sufficient numbers of F-35s, the Air Force intends to keep the A-10 viable and combat ready.

In the cyber domain, the services risk building similar capabilities in different ways to conduct the same mission with significant duplication and overlap.

We are not sacrificing future R&D right now because of a tight budget?

Sequestration and where we are at is going to be devastating to defense.

I strongly support these efforts, the way it is being handled, the steps the President has taken to apply both the diplomatic and economic pressure on Russia.

I would turn off sequestration tomorrow without an offset.

The administration has budgeted to the number that we all gave him.

I thank you for the attention you are paying to that, Admiral. Great job.

There very likely will be a growing gap between our interests and our ability to defend them as time goes on in the Asia-Pacific.

I personally believe that, you know, in an era like this where we are experiencing rapid change in the military balance, that we really do need to be investing in advanced capabilities.

As you move forward reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (MSA), we ask that you keep the priorities of the Rhode Island fishing industry and our coastal communities in mind.

I am concerned about the programmed shrinking of our attack submarine fleet, as well as the impending retirement of our SSGNs without replacement.