Kay Granger: “I just question the loans. When there is no indication they will ever be repaid, that that is a loan.”

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Golden).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Ms. Sherrill).

I want to begin by restating my serious concern about the inadequacy of the administration's request for defense spending.

I am disappointed by the Department's fiscal year 2023 budget request. Inflation continues to increase costs for all sections--sectors--and the defense industry is not immune to its effects.