The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of vice admiral Michael Beauvais to navy admiral and to be chief of navy operations. Thank you for being here, also extending a welcome to your family and want to invite you to introduce anyone at the time that you are recognized for an opening statement. We have our eight boring questions that are required so if you would please audibly respond to them so that we can have them in the record. Have you adhered to the laws and regulations governing interests . Yes, senator. Will you ensure that your staff complies with the lines established for requesting communications, including questions for the record and hearings . Yes. Will you cooperate and will you cooperate and providing response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for your testimony question mark yes. Do you justify upon the request before the committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents, including documents of electronic for
Admiral michael gil roys confirmation, he has been nominated to become chief Naval Operations. Conflicts of interest . There we go. Yes, senator, i have. Will you ensure your staff complies with deadlines for request of communications including questions for the record and hearings . Yes, sir, i will. Will you cooperate and provide witnesses in response to the congressional requests . Yes, sir, i will. Withl those witnesses be protected for their testimony and briefings . Yes, sir, they will. Testify upon request of this committee . Yes, sir, i will. Do you agree to provide documents, including copies of electronic forms and communications in a timely manner when requested by the constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any good faith delay or denial in providing such documents . Yes, senator. And have you assumed any duties or undertaken any actions which would appear to. The outcome or the process . No, sir, i have not. Directs our nations militar
Of our destiny. Watch sunday night 8 00 on cspans q a. Michae Navy Vice Admiral l appearing at his confirmation hearing today to be chief of operations. He took questions and was asked about some of the challenges facing the u. S. Including russia, china, and iran. This is chaired by senator jim inhofe of oklahoma. Good morning. Thank you for being here, also extending a welcome to your family and want to invite you to introduce anyone at the time that you are recognized for an Opening Statement. Have our eight boring questions that are required so if you would please audibly respond to them so that we can have them in the record. Have you adhered to the regulations governing interests . Yes, senator. Will you ensure that your staff complies and including questions for the record and hearings . Yes. Will you cooperate and providing response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be redacted for reprisal . Yes. Do you justify upon the request before the committee . Yes. T
Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy of starting on time and say good morning to the Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general mark milley to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and are grateful for your decades of distinguished service to our nation, we also welcome why you are family and friends and invite you at the appropriate time to introduce those that you feel are appropriate. Its standard for the committee to ask certain questions. These are the required questions, we will ask them fast and if you would audibly respond to them i would appreciate it very much. First if you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes, chairman. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of the forms of communication in a timely matter when requested by a duly constituted committee o
On cspan2. Okay. We went right to okay. Well, i think thats the tone for what we want to talk about today. So welcome, everyone, with that to our first readiness subcommittee hearing of 2024. Hopefully, he will be able to join us. We have a new member joining the subcommittee this year, representative gooden of the 5th district of texas. I look forward to working with him and hopefully when our other subcommittee members free up from their obligations, we can get everybody over here, but i look forward to working with all of you as we go forward through this next year. Unfortunately as you can see from the photos todays topics is not a new issue, infrastructure across the department and the services continues to age and the deteriorating conditions at military facilities, obviously, have brought us as you well know. The neglect, the disrepair, the underfunding of our military facilities doesnt just harm our operational readiness capability, it does have significant impacts on everythin