Good morning. This hearing on the subcommittee on readiness and management support will come to order. Today the subcommittee needs to receive the testimony from deputy secretary of defense David Norquist concerning the department of defense as 2018 and 2019 audit. Last year when he was serving as the dod comptroller secretary norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary norquist was nominated and then confirmed as eckert deputy secretary of defense with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a a lot of people aside fromy good friend senator perdue who im hopeful well be here a little bit later, dod audit might not come across as the most interesting topic in the world. However Ranking Member kaine and i take our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have this important and timely hearing. Another responsibility we take seriously is one of pr
Norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i think him for being here today. To a lot of people aside from my good friend, senator purdue, who im hopeful who will be here later the dod audit might not come across as most interesting topic in the world however, Ranking Member kane and i make our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have this important and timely hearing. Other response bullies we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our military with specific focus on restoring readiness. Conducting an audit of this magnitude is a massive undertaking, as i am sure we will hear. In fact, until secretary norquist arrived it had never happened. The pentagon had never completed an audit. Let me repeat that. In its history the department
Good morning. This hearing on the subcommittee on readiness and management support will come to order. Today this subcommittee meets to receive the testimony from deputy secretary of defense David Norquist concerning the department of defense 2018 and 2019 audits. Last year when he was serving as the dod comptroller, secretary norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary norquist was nominated and then confirm as deputy secretary of defense, withh Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a welcome wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank you for being here today. To a lot of people, aside from a good friend senator perdue, who im hopeful will be here a little bit later, the dod audit might not come across as the most interesting topics in the world. However, Ranking Member kaine and i taket her oversight responsibility serious and are happy to havee this important d timely hearing. Another responsively take circe is one in providi
Good morning, this hearing on the subcommittee of ready miss and management support will come to order. Today, this subcommittee will receive testimony from deputy secretary of defense david new york was concerning the department of defense is 2018 and 2019 audits. Last, year when he was serving as the gop controller, secretary northwest, completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever. Soon thereafter, secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense, with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside my good feel my good friend, the d. O. D. On it might not come across the most interesting topic in the world. However, Ranking Member cain and i think our oversight responsibility very seriously and are happy to have this important time here. In the responsibility we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our militar
Good morning, this hearing on the subcommittee of ready miss and management support will come to order. Today, this subcommittee will receive testimony from deputy secretary of defense david new york was concerning the department of defense is 2018 and 2019 audits. Last, year when he was serving as the gop controller, secretary northwest, completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever. Soon thereafter, secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense, with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside my good feel my good friend, the d. O. D. On it might not come across the most interesting topic in the world. However, Ranking Member cain and i think our oversight responsibility very seriously and are happy to have this important time here. In the responsibility we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our militar