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
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Well, good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here today. Its my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley the second that you would deliver remarks and then they will have time to take a few questions. I will moderate this question and call on questioners. Thanks, patrick. Good afternoon, everyone. We had just completed our seventh meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, and its been another highly successful session. Now, we are meeting today as russia continues to target ukraines civilians and bombard its energy grid. But russias deliberate cruelty only deepens our resolve. And will continue to support ukraines bedrock right to defend itself and defend the rulesbased international order. Yesterday we saw reports of a deadly explosion in poland near its border with ukraine. I spoke last night to my polish counterpart, deputy Prime Minister Prime Minister of National Defense, and i conveyed my