Good morning. This hearing of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from undersecretary defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord concerning supply chain integrity fourth apartment of defense in the United States. Since her initial confirmation as the under secretary of defense secretary lord has oversensitive give acquisition reform at the department of defense and i am sure we will talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armament director she has traveled to see the u. S. Throughout the u. S. And the to see our allies and partners with regards to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world and unfortunately has seen how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become particularly as it relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition and the Global Pandemic the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chain particularly as it relates to the Na
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
Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi
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