Acting office of management and budget are Russell Vought on trumps 4. 8 million Budget Proposal for 2021 before the house Budget Committee. This runs three hours. I certainly welcome the acting director phoned the Russell Vought. Thank you for being here to testify on the president s 2021 Budget Proposal and i hope todays hearing will provide an open and amistad examination of the party set forth by the Trump Administration so they can get back to passing legislation Appropriations Bills that reflect the needs and priorities of the American People. I will now yield myself five minutes for an Opening Statement just six short months ago the president signed a bipartisan just, can everybody hear me . A just six months ago the president signed it twoyear budget deal into law. It does everything the president s proposal failed to do set rational discretionary lines allowing strong investments in our national and Economic Security and has bipartisan support including the bank member and mys
We have cspan filming our meeting, which is coming up live. So this is on worldwide television. When i call on you to ask questions, just stand up where you are as cspan has a boom microphone that we will put in front of you so the world will be able to hear your questions. [laughter] i also want to introduce our two state legislators who represent the germantown and richfield area. Senator alberta and representative joelle. They will be here to listen to your comments and answer your questions about whats going on in madison, while i try to. Do the same on federal issues try to do the same on federal issues. For 40 years i have done more than any person in congress. It is my job to report whats going on in washington. While i have announced that i will retire at the end of my current term in january, 2021, i will continue to hold these meetings and do the jobs that taxpayers have elected me to do. It has been a privilege to be your representative, and i think you for your support. I w
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Good morning. This hearing on the subcommittee on readiness and management support will come to order. Today the subcommittee needs to receive the testimony from deputy secretary of defense David Norquist concerning the department of defense as 2018 and 2019 audit. Last year when he was serving as the dod comptroller secretary norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary norquist was nominated and then confirmed as eckert deputy secretary of defense with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a a lot of people aside fromy good friend senator perdue who im hopeful well be here a little bit later, dod audit might not come across as the most interesting topic in the world. However Ranking Member kaine and i take our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have this important and timely hearing. Another responsibility we take seriously is one of pr
I would like to call this town meeting to order. I want to thank you all for coming and i want to take the village of germantown for its cooperation in setting up this and local Law Enforcement for their assistance this afternoon. We have cspan filming our meeting, which is coming up live. So this is on worldwide television. When i call on you to ask questions, just stand up where you are as cspan has a boom microphone that we will put in front of you so the world will be able to hear your questions. [laughter] our also want to introduce two state legislators who represent the germantown and richfield area. Senator alberta and representative joelle. Here to listen to your comments and answer your questions about whats going on in madison, while i try to do the same on federal issues. Try to do the same on federal issues. For 40 years i have done more than any person in congress. Whatsy job to report going on in washington. While i have announced that i will retire at the end of my 2021