Special consideration of the United States and the future. Its not going to be subject to the same budget control rules as the other expenditures. Last night steve corn aky show showed an interview about how you and he were gym buddies and turned marco rubio around on immigration and used the gym as a Hunting Ground to turn people over. Who are some of your targets that you might like to was Chuck Schumer lying . I go to the senate gym daily. He said that republicans go early and democrats go late. Yes. I tend to be thats why i try to be there first at 5 30. I go there every day for no obvious reason. A way to relieve stress. The first one there is an Orthopedic Surgeon from wyoming. We talk about these issues. And theres an opportunity there. Your guard is down when youre sweating and puffing and all the rest of this stuff. To talk about some of these issues. I have solved some big problems in the gym with my colleagues. I caught them at a vulnerable moment, you know. I think approach
To 346 ships. And our Combatant Commanders say they require 450 ships. With continual high operational tempo, we will continue the downward spiral of military capacity and readiness until congress acts. I look forward to discussing many of these today. First, each forward class Aircraft Carrier has experienced more than 2 billion in cost growth. This Program Continues to be plagued by Technology Immaturity and a lack of reliability test data for critical systems. This is unacceptable. I repeat. Unacceptable. And i fully expect the navys ongoing study of alternative Aircraft Carrier designs to provide real options. In all three of the lcs Mission Packages most overcome Major Technology integration challenges to deliver the promised warfighting capability. Building the first ohio class replacement submarine building the first flight three destroyer with the new Missile Defense radar, radar, radar. In Naval Aviation it will take strong leadership to oversee the smooth and timely integrati
I call this joint hearing of the subcommittee of the house of Armed Services committee to order. We are here in honor of memory of the seven uss fitzgerald. Enate sailors and the 10 uss John S Mccain sailors. We are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. We send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want to welcome our members to todays hearing. Recognizeespecially that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. He has been the leader of our ongoing efforts to mitigate our military Readiness Challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to hear about the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. To send a warm welcome to congresswoman Elizabeth Este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. That ananimous consent member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in todays hearing after all
Mr. Thornberry mentioned about ack which situation reform and making sure the system works better. I thank the chairman who has taken the lead on this issue. I think we have made significant improvements while acknowledging that we still have a long way to go to get the efficiency out of the pentagon budget. I think this bill does a great job supporting the troops and their families. Its basically the case we recruit a Service Member but you retain the family, and that means you have to provide for them. We support the 2. 5 pay raise in this bill and support the troops and their families in many different ways. This is a very good product. I also want to say, and i want to thank representative langevin on this issue. This bill states that Climate Change is a National Security threat. We make that the policy of the United States congress to acknowledge Climate Change and the impact that its going to have on our National Security. And representative langevin was tireless in making sure t
Good morning. This morning consider the no, maam nomination of shanahan. We thank you for your willingness to serve our nation at an important time. We welcome your family and flends. This is our fredition. It is important they ree information of so in order the dper i to exercise responsibilities. Will you ensure your staff complies with deadlines established for questions for the records and haegs. I will. Will where you vid if respopts to amg thank tex pent me yes. Do you agree to pro vietd documents including electronic form of kplun case in a timely manner when requested or to consult with a committee for any good faith, delay or di nile . Yes. Have you assumed any duties or taken any a that would appear to presume the kout out ops outcome . No. I will submit my Opening Statement for the record. I with see how upset other member of the committee are missing that. Maybe with a little luck senator reed will do the same. Its yourly kick, that i would ask them to submit the state. Sin