Aviation readiness challenges do not stop at infrastructure--retention and training of critical skills from trained and experienced pilots to aviation maintenance personnel continues to plague the readiness recovery.

It is my understanding that the Air Force intends to move its current government-owned contractor-operated (GOCO) J-85 engine repair facility from Laughlin AFB to a 'to be determined contractor-owned contractor-operated (COCO) facility' in…

Ladies and gentlemen, I call this hearing of the House Armed Services Committee Readiness Subcommittee on 'Aviation Readiness: What is the Flight Plan?' to order.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Could you please provide examples of the fragility of recovery efforts, how fiscal year 2017 funding has shown results in recovering readiness, and how the fiscal year 2018 will further readiness recovery.

Infrastructure challenges, underfunded spare parts, and depot backlogs were a consistent theme.

I fully believe that the first responsibility of the national government is to provide for the national security of its citizens.

A year ago, this subcommittee heard testimony from each of your services about the readiness levels of military aviation.

Please provide a status update on maintenance and repair work for the Navy C-130 and Marine Corps KC-130 fleets.

Congratulations to Ambassador Nikki Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina, for leadership opposing a misguided U.N. resolution calling for the U.S. to lift the Cuban embargo. This was a resolution the Obama administration has…

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was correctly identified by Ronald Reagan as the Evil Empire, I was so hopeful for a new modern Russia.

We will defeat radical Islam, but we have got to prioritize our effort.

These terrorists have declared war on modern and Western civilization.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who are grieving at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. This morning, I was grateful to join the Israeli-American Council at their fourth National Council Conference to…

I would not trust any information that we get from Russia if we were ever working together.

Sadly, with the Putin regime there has been a return to an authoritarian status.

The fight against violent radical Islam is the major threat of our time.

We took on that threat to Western civilization. It was called Nazism, the Nazis.

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I am grateful to recognize the statewide consortium of ten institutions of higher education in South Carolina for receiving a 5-year Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 grant from the National Science Foundation's Established…

I appreciate your courage on behalf of the Korean people.

I want to thank Congressman Rick Crawford for his leadership today. I am grateful to sponsor and support the South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017, H.R. 2521. This bipartisan bill is cosponsored by all seven Members of the South…

I thank Congressman Zeldin for his leadership. We sincerely appreciate his leadership for American families, particularly based on his service in Iraq. Mr. Speaker, on October 23, 1983, an otherwise peaceful Sunday morning in Beirut…

Sadly, radical Islamic terrorists continue their assault on innocent victims across the world. This month, there were ISIS-inspired knife attacks in France and Canada, as well as the surprise attack in Niger, with mass murders of…

I am grateful to recognize Dr. Akil Ross, the principal of South Carolina's Chapin High School, as the 2018 National Principal of the Year. I appreciated being with Dr. Ross, alongside Chapin High School students, family, teachers, staff…