Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k
January. Mr. Esper, currently Army Secretary, was asked about u. S. Policy toward iran, cybersecurity, and Nuclear Deterrence, among other topics. This is just over 2. 5 hours. Requirede the 8 questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. If you would hear to the regulations of interest . Yes sir. Have you taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising your responsibility makes it important that this committee, subcommittees, and other appropriate committees if congress received testimony briefings, reports, recordings, records, and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, it is confirmed, to testify before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, documents, Electronic Communications in a timely matter when requested by this committee, subcommittees, or other appropriate committees of congress, and to results with the request or basis of
And regularity be preserved in a dignified public body. Now, we all have the awesome privilege of serving in that dignified public body. This, the peoples house. Our american democracy and its institutions, theyre looked up to as an example for the entire world. And jeffersons emphasis on order and decency is just as important today as it was more than 200 years ago. Unfortunately, that was not the case today. Madam speaker, today is a day that historians will write about. It is a sad day for this house, the peoples house. Our rules of order and decency ere broken today, and worse, the house just voted to condone this violation of decorum. Madam speaker, i know theres frustration in this body, but t is our duty to focus, not on receipt bution retory bution, retribution, but on building a more perfect union. We should be doing much better. Madam speaker, id ask all members take it upon themselves to uphold the dignity of this institution. Let us preserve and promote those ideals of orde
Of the original Thomas Jefferson manual of parliamentary practice he writes that it is the very order, decency, and regularity be reserved in the dignified public body. If we have the awesome privilege of serving in that dignified public body. This, the peoples house. Our american democracy and its institutions are looked up to as an example for the world. And jeffersons emphasis on order and decency is just as important today as it was more than 200 years ago. Unfortunately that was not the case today. Dayme speaker, today is the historians will write about. Sad day for this house our rules of order and decency , the house and worse just voted to condone this violation decorum. I know theres frustration in this body, but it is our duty to focus not on retribution, but building a more perfect union. We can be doing so much more and we should be doing so much better. I would ask all members take it upon themselves to uphold the dignity of this institution. Let us preserve and promote th
But that sounds right. Ms. Degette its really raised going up in crisis, right . Thats correct. Ms. Degette and arrests for counterfeit pills have increased as well . Mr. Chester id have to get back to you if its an increase. We have been investigating these networks. Ms. Degette i think youd agree the amount of fentanyl recovered has been growing exponentially it has . It has. Ms. Degette dr. Compton, i want to ask you, because other opioids often lead to fentanyl use, some have suggested to stem the need for fentanyl we also need to treat opioid addiction because addiction drives the users to seek those other drugs that contains that, would you agree . Dr. Compton i think the fentanyl issue is most closely related to heroin addiction. Those that use heroin have trouble with fentanyl. Ms. Degette and treatment as we learned in many hearings in this subcommittee isn important component in the addiction fight, is that right . Dr. Compton absolutely. We think expanding Treatment Access i