The republican senate. We are living through one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership in our countries history. Did you hear that donald trump . You have created one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership. We are going to this last portion of the conversation because the senate is about to gamble back in after their weekly caucus meetings. Senators continue work on the 2021 Defense Authorization bill with votes scheduled later this afternoon for five Senate Coverage on cspan2 a senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Enzi madam president , i rise today to discuss our federal finances and the need to address our unsustainable fiscal debt and deficit. The federal budget has already been on an unsustainable path before covid19 reached our shores and before the pandemic and our governments response to it, which has accelerated what i believed is a coming day of reckoning. I recognize the unprecedented crisis presented by th
And made an arms race. The point of this up us push this the to get the maximum return on every rouble invested on defense. Indeed, the soviet union was not thrifty about military spending and unfortunate the nation efficiency was not the top priority. The defense spending officer was about 13 percent of the g d. I will not site ready to quote, stuck on International Peace Research Institute for last year, or defend a little bit. And i noticed 4 percent assessments, and this year im going to it is 6. 8 percent on us. So then we have gone up by twos point bites, percentage points, and principal. This is a noticeable increase, but that is absolutely not critical. Banksley, ive done the soviet union, it was 13 percent and were now at 6. 8 percent. Lets say its consecutive it was i must say that defense spending and reinvigorate to the economy. Not of course there are many schools and we are aware of that. And you dont get so this goes back to the guns versus beauty. Lemme, although i repe
Job and also Holding Accountable the people who arent doing a good job. And im sure thats demoralizing to the people who are doing a good job. Senator, i think your points are very well made. Im not sure we reward our Program Managers very well. I think that only thing that i have seen in my experience is you promote them. In terms of holding folks accountable, when we see a clear connection between what they did and their outcome, we do retire them or move them. Both civilians and military. Beyond that, the incentive structure that youre referring to is not clear and is not adequate. And it ties to what the earlier chairman and the Ranking Member talked about, is where the decisions are made and what paul talked about in terms of how is it that the culture and how the decisions are directed into a Program Manager relates to their ability to perform. Well, one thing i would say is also as leaders, if youve got someone you have to let go at the captain level, the leader needs to be held
And so we require there to be mandatory ethics training on that acquisitionrelated interaction so its clear what you can and cannot do. Secondly on Acquisition Strategy, we require every Program Start out with an Acquisition Strategy. It has to be done in writing and upfront and dated as needed. This strategy would consolidate at least six different requirements into that upfront strategy and has to include what is the most appropriate type of contract for this particular acquisition. This is another area where one size clearly does not fit all. It has to consider whether multiyear is appropriate and include Risk Mitigation strategies just like commandants have to have war plans, and we need to have it for our plan. And it has to consider incentives. So, for example, one of the things we want to consider is shared savings on Service Contracts, which are not currently allowed. And the third area, we want to simplify the chain of command tore acquisition decisions. So a number of require
Busy in fixing this problem. We are going to do so, of course, not just by saying this is a blank check, as long as you put military in it. A warning from heritage not just that this is a blank check, but to spend as we have allocated on the right things for American Military wellness to protect the government. The one person in congress you can find who is so eloquent about this happens to be with us today. Congressman Mike Gallagher is, in fact, the man of the hour. He has served since 2017, seven years prior and the u. S. Marine corps including two deployments to iraq. He served as the Central Command Assessment Team in the middle east and has worked with multiple agencies within the intelligence agency. Congressman gallagher serves on the Permanent Select Committee of intelligence and the transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 20192021. He served as cochair of the Cyberspace Commission with strategic approaches to defense against evolving Cyber Threats to the United State