Stand in for him, and we will pick up. I will read his statement. Very good. Before we get started i request unanimous consent that a member of the full committee be allowed to join us, mr. Brown, who is behind me, and participate in the questions. And there is a formal unanimous consent that a nonsubcommittee member participate in the hearing after all of the subCommittee Members have had an opportunity to ask questions. Is there objection . There being none the nonsubcommittee member is recognized at an appropriate time for fiveminute questioning. All right. With that, committee will come to order. Ladies and gentlemen, i call the committee to order, the subcommittee of the Armed Services committee. Since february of this year, the subcommittee has been conducting extensive oversight of the Privatized Housing military program. We first heard about the systemic failures in the privatized military Family Housing program from a panel of courageous military spouses, who provided graphic
Participate in the questions. And there is a formal unanimous consent that a nonsubcommittee member participate in the hearing after all of the subCommittee Members have had an opportunity to ask questions. Is there objection . There being none the nonsubcommittee member is recognized at an appropriate time for fiveminute questioning. All right. With that, committee will come to order. Ladies and gentlemen, i call the committee to order, the subcommittee of the Armed Services committee. Since february of this year, the subcommittee has been conducting extensive oversight of the Privatized Housing military program. We first heard about the systemic failures in the privatized military Family Housing program from a panel of courageous military spouses, who provided graphic and disturbing testimony about lead, mold, exposure, rodent infestations, rude and dismissive house management, and ineffective oversight of the program by the services. Then we heard from the assistant military Service
All right, the Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the Government Accountability office, the Service Secretaries, the Service Chiefs, on the current condition of privatized military housing. Almost a year ago, i first heard from the military families about the dismal conditions they faced. Frankly confession is good for the soul. This was janet driver called this to my attention, from Tinker Air Force base. And i thought this was something that was just unique to Tinker Air Force base, and then i thought, no, it is elsewhere in oklahoma. And so that was the background of how this all started. Weve come to learn that its it is a problem nationwide. Its a National Crisis of proportions we havent seen since the scandal at walter reed about a decade ago. Members of this committee, our staff and myself, weve all traveled and seen these problems firsthand. This is the third hearing this committee has had on this issue and im sure its not going to be the last. We open that since o
Conditions for military personnel in privetized housing. From Tinker Air Force base and igtd this was something that was unique to Tinker Air Force base and its also all the way around the country. And so that was the background of how this all started. Weve come to learn that its it is a problem nationwide. Its a National Crisis of proportions we havent seen since the scandal at walter reed about a decade ago. Members of this committee, our staff and myself, weve all traveled and seen these problems firsthand. This is the third hearing this committee has had on this issue and im sure its not going to be the last. We open that since our first two hearings in february and march that we would see more differences by now and be able to use this hearing, in fact, it was set up to discuss the progress thats been made. Well, it is set up to look at the progress, but the progress has not been what we wanted. We continue to hear regularly from the families across the country about questionable
Hours. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the Government Accountability office that serves the secretary, the Service Chiefs on the current condition of privatized military housing. Almost a year ago, i first heard from military families about the abysmal conditions they faced, and frankly, a confession is good for the, soul of this was janet driver who called this to my attention from Tinker Air Force base and i thought this was something that was unique to Tinker Air Force base but its also in oklahoma and its also all the way around the country. And so that was the background of how this all started. Weve come to learn that its it is a problem nationwide. Its a National Crisis of proportions we havent seen since the scandal at walter reed about a decade ago. Members of this committee, our staff and myself, weve all traveled and seen these problems firsthand. This is the third hearing this committee has had on this issue and im sure its not going to be the last. We h