Coupleted in committee a weeks ago and had over 650 amendments submitted to the official mark of the chairman and the subcommittee marks. We process to those amendments and adopted 475 amendments in. Ommittee i want to thank our staff for the incredible amount of work to work with members and various interested parties to get us to that product. I am very pleased we were able to get that done and pass the bill out of the Armed Services committee unanimously 560 with broad support. I want to thank the Ranking Member of the committee for his incredible leadership during this process. Partnereen a terrific as the chairman of the committee and as the Ranking Member. As heill be his last ndaa is retiring from congress. I want to thank him for his great work and leadership. I want to emphasize a point i have made many times, the Armed Services Committee Works in a bipartisan way and produces a legislative product in a manner i think should be an example for all of congress. That does not hap
I am pleased that it is one we can work in a bipartisan manner. I believe we all want a Strong Military and a strong private sector and a strong government that is wisely tracking taxpayers money and spending it efficiently for the purposes that it was meant for. I look forward to working with the Ranking Member in the future and i am so pleased he is with us here today. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good morning. Todays hearing will focus on the f35 joint strike fighter. A highly technical stuff fighter that the pentagon largest and most costly acquisition program. Since the 35 Program Began more than 20 years ago the department of defense has spent more than 350 billion on its development. Total cost to sustain the program are estimated at more than 1 trillion. Unfortunately, this expensive program has been plagued by challenges for years, including major problems with ma
Around the globe, nearly 200 vaccine candidates are being developed and nearly 20 have entered human. Clinical trials in the United States. Entered human Clinical Trials with large Clinical Trials to begin late this month. With the historic, all hands on deck effort underway around the globe come of the timeline to develop a vaccine may be compressed from several years now to just 12 or 18 months. Moving with this amazing speed does not and must not allow for cutting any corners. Today, we will hear how we must place trust in the fdas [audio drop] to produce a vaccine. We in Congress Must do our part to protect their work from political meddling so that they can uphold their professions utmost standards of scientific analysis and ethics. We are not here today [audio drop] not politicians. I want to highlight two guardrails that protect the integrity of Vaccine Development and will ensure the safety and efficacy of a covid19 vaccine. First, the most important hurdle for a vaccine to be
With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate 9 50 a. M. Beyond the chair now recognizes the entleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus, for five minutes. Mr. Shimkus thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise again this thank my boys, now young men, for the love, support, and understanding during my time as congress. F as i stated yesterday when i was sworn in for my first term in 1997, david was 3 years old. Joshua was 1 years old. In 1999, daniel was born. After completing this term, i 24 years. 21, ns will be 28, 25, and respectively. So their entire lives have been of ng their dad as a member congress. I always joke that in the early packageable. Were in the district we just packed them up and hauled them around. Changess meant diapers, of clothes, lunchables. Well, you get the idea. They had a chance to visit county and state fairs. They also had to sit thr
On the coronavirus aid package. Senators are likely to talk about that upon the floor. Now to live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our rock of safety, hear our prayers. Help us to live that the generations to come will know of your mighty acts. Today, give our lawmakers the hearts to seek, find, and follow your will. Lord, guide them in the path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in adversity and prosperity knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, we trust you to lead us with your loving providence. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation u