Good morning. This morning consider the no, maam nomination of shanahan. We thank you for your willingness to serve our nation at an important time. We welcome your family and flends. This is our fredition. It is important they ree information of so in order the dper i to exercise responsibilities. Will you ensure your staff complies with deadlines established for questions for the records and haegs. I will. Will where you vid if respopts to amg thank tex pent me yes. Do you agree to pro vietd documents including electronic form of kplun case in a timely manner when requested or to consult with a committee for any good faith, delay or di nile . Yes. Have you assumed any duties or taken any a that would appear to presume the kout out ops outcome . No. I will submit my Opening Statement for the record. I with see how upset other member of the committee are missing that. Maybe with a little luck senator reed will do the same. Its yourly kick, that i would ask them to submit the state. Sin
Good morning. Were going to use this morning to consider the nomination of Patrick Shanahan to be deputy defen defense secretary of the United States. We thank you for your willingness to serve our nation at an important time. We welcome your family and friends. As is our tradition, we invite you to introduce them at the beginning of your testimony. Its important that this committee and other appropriate committees of the congress be able to receive testimony, briefings, and other communications of information. So it is a standard for this committee they ask certain questions in order to exercise the legislative and oversight responsibilities. I have. Will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines established for requested communications including questions for the record and hearings . I will. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in briefers in response so congressional request . I will. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisals for their testimony or briefing . Y
Good morning. We need to consider the nomination of Patrick Shanahan. Mr. Shanahan, we thank you for joining us today and for your willingness to save country and serve our nation at an important time. We welcome your family and friends. As is our tradition, we invite you to introduce them at the beginning of your testimony. It is important that this committee and other appropriate committees of congress be able to receive testimony, briefings and other indications of information. So as it standard for this committee to ask certain questions to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibilities, have you adhere to applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest. I have. Will you ensure your staff complies with deadlines including questions for the record and hearings. I will. We cooperate in providing witnesses. I will. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisals for their testimony or briefing. Yes. Do you agree, if confirmed to testify on th request was for
Testimony, briefings and other communications of information. So it is standard for this committee to ask certain questions on order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibilities. Have you adhere to applicable laws and regulations governing complex of interest . I have. Will you ensure that your staff complies with the deadlines established request to communications, including questions for the record in hearings . I will. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefings in response to congressional requests . I will. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisals for the testimony or briefings . Yes. The you agree to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communication and in time and when requested by duly constituted committee or to consult with a Committee Regarding the basis for any faith, later denial and providing such documents . Yes. Have you send any duties or
Testified on capitol hill recently regarding budgets for 2017 and 2018. Modernization and cybersecurity efforts from the Top Priorities for all these agencies. This House Administration Committee Hearing is about an hour and a half. I now call to order the committee on House Administration for the purpose of starting todays hearing on the operations and priorities of the house officers and legislative branch entities. Aquorum is present so we may proceed. I would like to start off by thanking my colleagues and our witnesses for your attendance today. I know how busy everyone is and we appreciate your flexibility and willingness to appear this afternoon. I would also like to thank our witnesses for hard work and assistance during new member and a smooth transition for staff into the 115th congress and especially for the incredible amount of work that went into securing and hosting the president ial inauguration. We know many months of preparation went into insuring our government carrie