The secretary of the army and the armys top uniformed officer testified before congress about the armys proposed 2022 budget. They were asked about systemic racism in the military. Suicide prevention, the handling of sexual assault cases and other issues. Go ahead and call the meeting to order. This morning our full Committee Hearing is on the fiscal year 2022 national Defense Authorization Budget request for the department of the army, and we are joined by the honorable christine wormuth, who is the the secretary of the army, not an acting secretary. This is a momentous day for us. So appreciate to have you here and congratulations on your confirmation and appointment. And general james mcconville, chief of staff the u. S. Army. We are still doing a hybrid hearing, which means some members, as you will see, participating virtually, and we have rules for that. So i will read those rules and then well get started. Members who are joining remotely must be visible on screen for the purpos
Order. This morning, our full Committee Hearing is on the fiscal year 2022 national Defense Authorization Budget request for the department of the army, and we are joined by the honorable christine wormuth, who is the Secretary State of the army, not an accurate Acting Secretary. This is a moment [inaudible] for us. Appreciate having you there and congratulations on your confirmation and your appointment, and general james mcconville, he chief of staff of the u. S. Army. We are still doing a hybrid here in, which means some members, as you will see, are participating virtually. And we have roles for that, so i will read those roles and then well get started. Members who are joining remotely must be visible on screen for the purposes of identity verification. Establishing and maintaining of quorum, and voting, those members must continue to use the Software Platform and Video Function while in Attendance Experience Connectivity issues or other technical problems. Further if there are ni
Go ahead and call the meeting to order. This morning our full Committee Hearing is on the fiscal year 2022 national Defense Authorization Budget riquest for the department of the army, and we are joined by the honorable christine wormuth, who is the the secretary of the army, not an acting secretary. This is a momentous day for us. So appreciate to have you here and congratulations on your confirmation and appointment. And general james mcconville, chief of staff the u. S. Army. We are still doing a hybrid hearing, which means some members, as you will see, participating virtually, and we have rules for that. So i will read those rules and then well get started. Members who are joining remotely must be visible on screen for the purposes of identity verification, establishing, maintaining a quorum, participating and voting. Those members must continue to use the Software Platform while in attendance unless they experience connectivity issues or other technical problems that render them
You have not unneeded yourself. Unmuted yourself. I remind all members we have a 5 00 that you will see displayed. If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next issue and you will retain the balance of your time and we have gotten pretty good at that. He noticed the clock, especially in Grid Mode thats available for you to select on your screen. It will show you how much time is remaining. The clock will turn yellow at one minute. 30 seconds remaining, i will tap the gavel to remind you that time is almost expired. When your time has expired, the clock will turn red and i will begin to recognize the next member. We will follow the order set forward by house rules, meaning beginning with the chair and ranking member and the full chair is with us. Members present at the time called to order will be recognized in seniority. Never is not present but also be recognized as they come into the hearing. The rules the house required me to remind you we set up an Email Address to which
Live coverage here on cspan. You have not unneeded yourself. Unmuted yourself. I remind all members we have a 5 00 that you will see displayed. If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next issue and you will retain the balance of your time and we have gotten pretty good at that. He noticed the clock, especially in Grid Mode thats available for you to select on your screen. It will show you how much time is remaining. The clock will turn yellow at one minute. 30 seconds remaining, i will tap the gavel to remind you that time is almost expired. When your time has expired, the clock will turn red and i will begin to recognize the next member. We will follow the order set forward by house rules, meaning beginning with the chair and ranking member and the full chair is with us. Members present at the time called to order will be recognized in seniority. Never is not present but also be recognized as they come into the hearing. The rules the house required me to remind you we set