Hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness of the House Armed Services subcommittee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our readiness secretary clerk. This will be her last official event for our subcommittee and i want to personally thank her for her contributions to our efforts in the past year. I wish her the best of luck as she moves forward with future endeavors. Thank you, jody. [applause] mr. Wilson one of the objectives of the subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense, that includes management challenges and budget implications that could be administrated more efficiently. We want to ensure necessary oversight to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest levels of readiness possible. Given the current threats facing our nation and the budgetary pres
The Defense Department have stricter requirements for the program. This is just under one hour. [indiscernible conversation] [gavel pound] mr. Wilson good morning. The hearing will come to order. Ladies and gentlemen, i welcome you here today and call the hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness of the House Armed Services subcommittee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess poetry equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our clerk. This will be her last official event for our subcommittee and i want to personally thank her for her contributions to our efforts in the past year. We wish her the best of luck as she moves forward with future endeavors. Thank you, jody. [applause] mr. Wilson one of the objectives of the subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense, that includes management challenges and budget impli
A law passed in 1997 allows state and local police to buy excess military equipment at a reduced cost. Pentagon officials testified on capitol hill on the program last week about strengthening requirements on who can buy and transport the equipment. Good morning this hears comes to ordinaries, called this hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness to get of the House Armed Services committee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilians, Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to comment the our clerk, this is jodys last official event for our subcommittee and i want to permanently thank her personally thank her for her contributions to our efforts the past year. Wish their the best of look as she moves forward. Thank you, eddy. [applause] one objective of the subcommittee is to this includes programs or activities which face management challenges, present budget implications or could be administered more einitially of w
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And a half, we will go live to the u. S. Institute of peace here in washington for a discussion on combating isis and protecting minority groups in iraq. We will hear from the Regional Government representative to the u. S. , member of iraqs parliament, the ambassador to the u. S. And a state department official. That gets underway at 1 30 p. M. Eastern live on cspan. After that, President Trump in the east room of the white house meeting with Small Business owners set to start at 3 00 p. M. Eastern and you will watch it live here on cspan. Also today at the white house, President Trump has been on twitter and just before 10 00 a. M. Eastern the president tweeted old only the fake media and enemies want me to stop using social media. Only way for me to get the truth out. Posted aaker paul ryan video with the message retweet if you degree it is time for the wall. I have the opportunity to travel down to texas to go to the Rio Grande Valley and spend time with our border patrol. When you