Mark Warner: “I pose the question to the sponsors of this amendment. First, having worked on the committee some 18 years, this is an…”

“I pose the question to the sponsors of this amendment. First, having worked on the committee some 18 years, this is an issue that has been visited and revisited very carefully through the years. I am not here to criticize, but I assure you that the Armed Services Committee reviews this matter with great care each year. But the benefit to the American defense system is for a lot of small, independent private-sector companies to come to the marketplace and offer what is known as their best practices. I feel that this is going to be a disincentive. Would this not be a disincentive and thereby deprive the Department of Defense, and the overall American defense system, of some of the best technology and best management practices being offered?”