Limited thing that we should back off of the specific numbers and recognize there is a strong commitment to readiness as the department of defense says there should be especially wary face as many facts that come up with a warning as they do in healthcare. I can tell you from personal experience that discussions are made about benefits and what we are going to do to the Health Care System and military readiness is something that always gets raised and it should be and will continue to be. I want to invite wanted to invite you to add anything that you would wish. Given the responsibilities you have and how much youve contributed and realizing that you are now out of service in the department of defense i think im hearing you today say the military Health Care System is in reasonably good shape but it needs a lot of work into the compensation system is reasonably fair but there are significant changes we can and should consider and we dont need an overhaul but we do need a lot of work in
Eric talked about students switching majors and taking a long time as the cause of increasing student that when we visited and eight as pt of our heres a bit of what he had to say. But if you dig a little bit deeper, you see that there are really two problems that i think have an enormous impact. One of those is that we have too many students going into years five and six. And going years five and six borrowing money to do it. So they are not completing as fast as they can. A large number of them are students that are not as well off financially and what they end up doing is creating a cycle of working too many hours taking fewer classes perhaps not doing quite as well as their talent would allow because they are working. And then they go forward and take more time to graduate. Some of them give up. This is the group of people for which i believe we have too many people that dont complete. And then in years five and six they are borrowing more money because that is what it takes to get
The orion and sls the vanguard of the program are the key to advancing these interests. I look forward to hearing from mr. Gerstenmaier and ms. Chaplain about the challenges and opportunities facing these important programs. I now recognize the Ranking Member from maryland. Its been a good morning to the witnesses. I want to join the chair man in congratulating nasa, lockheed, United Launch Alliance and the Contractor Team on conducting the exploration test of the orion capsule last week and i think that it was exciting and i know that around the country and around the world there were many of us working on Solution Division for the first time in a long time at the u. S. Space program that is very forwardlooking. They are below the orbits to test and verify the design can reduce technical risk and recover ability operations. Mr. Chairman, i belief that this Shows Americans the tangible progress is in fact being made on returning humans to exploration beyond earths neighborhood in the g
Views. Some of them are nuanced and some of them are quite different, but i just want to go on record, this is a conscious issue. I also am very respectful of the relationship you have goped you and Ranking Member have developed in soon to switch gavels. And it makes me very proud because i think its so key. These are difficult moments, but its not theyre not moments where we get angry at each other. We have to direct our anger at the people who are cutting off the heads of our people and who are taking girls as sex slaves and the rest. And we may differ on how to go about and take the fight to them and this is a day ive been looking forward to. Im one who believes the president does have the authority under the aumf i voted for. That does not speak for most democrats. But i still believe we need to update that. So i am grateful to my chairman. This took a lot of guts on his part because this is really in many ways a standoff not only within the parties in the committee which is unders
Im willing to entertain comments. Mr. Chairman, im so respectful of every member of this committee. Each of us has very strong views. Some of them are nuanced and some of them are quite different, but i just want to go on record, this is a conscious issue. I also am very respectful of the relationship you have goped you and Ranking Member have developed in soon to switch gavels. And it makes me very proud because i think its so key. These are difficult moments, but its not theyre not moments where we get angry at each other. We have to direct our anger at the people who are cutting off the heads of our people and who are taking girls as sex slaves and the rest. And we may differ on how to go about and take the fight to them and this is a day ive been looking forward to. Im one who believes the president does have the authority under the aumf i voted for. That does not speak for most democrats. But i still believe we need to update that. So i am grateful to my chairman. This took a lot