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
You again, admiral, for my Honorary National aviator selection. Officers and crew of the uss , mammal. Ford, mike tt, jennifer dunn, and my fellow newport news shipbuilders, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. Welcome, what a magnificent this is for the young life of this mighty ship. [applause] mr. President , you have spoken passionately about americas greatness and there are no finer examples of that greatness than the two groups that are before you here today, the crew of the uss gerald r. Ford and the newport news ship builders. [cheers and applause] hopefully we all be together in norfolk this summer to commission this ship. And let me add a special thank you to the navy leaders for your continuing efforts to find a solution to pier 11 dilemma and for the commissioning. Thank you very much. To my fellow newport news shipbuilders, this is my 17th visit to our ship. Your patriotic commitment to excellence is reflected in every rivet and every bolt. Therefore, i am very p
You again, admiral, for my Honorary National aviator selection. Officers and crew of the uss , mammal. Ford, mike tt, jennifer dunn, and my fellow newport news shipbuilders, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. Welcome, what a magnificent this is for the young life of this mighty ship. [applause] mr. President , you have spoken passionately about americas greatness and there are no finer examples of that greatness than the two groups that are before you here today, the crew of the uss gerald r. Ford and the newport news ship builders. [cheers and applause] hopefully we all be together in norfolk this summer to commission this ship. And let me add a special thank you to the navy leaders for your continuing efforts to find a solution to pier 11 dilemma and for the commissioning. Thank you very much. To my fellow newport news shipbuilders, this is my 17th visit to our ship. Your patriotic commitment to excellence is reflected in every rivet and every bolt. Therefore, i am very p
In a program chosen for affordability that the gao has reported has doubled in cost with a potential for future overruns. Like so many major programs that preceded it though cs failure predictably from an inability to stabilize requirements and roofs date cost estimates and unreliable assessments of technical and integration risks race made worse by repeatedly buying ships ignition packages before proving they are affected and can be operate together. What is so disturbing is that these problems were not unforeseen. In 2002, the navy first requested congress authorize funding for the lcs program. After reading the plan that two Armed Services committees said quote lcs has not been vetted through the pentagons top requirements. The second article of the joint requirements oversight counsel the Navy Strategy for the lcs does not clearly identify the plan and funding for development in the valuation of Mission Packages upon which the operational capabilities of lcs will depend. Despite su