Hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness of the House Armed Services subcommittee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our readiness secretary clerk. This will be her last official event for our subcommittee and i want to personally thank her for her contributions to our efforts in the past year. I wish her the best of luck as she moves forward with future endeavors. Thank you, jody. [applause] mr. Wilson one of the objectives of the subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense, that includes management challenges and budget implications that could be administrated more efficiently. We want to ensure necessary oversight to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest levels of readiness possible. Given the current threats facing our nation and the budgetary pres
Readiness to get the House Armed Services committee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our readiness subcommittee clerk, ms. Jodie bignolia. This will be her last official event of our subcommittee and i want to thank her for her contributions to our actions in the past year. I want to wish her the best of luck as she moves forward in future endeavors. Thank you, jodie. [ applause ] one of the objectives of this subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense. This includes programs or activities when face management challenges, present budget implications or could be administrated more efficiently. Whatever the root cause is, it is our goal to provide necessary oversight in order to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest levels of readiness possible. Given the current threats
Hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness of the House Armed Services subcommittee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our readiness secretary clerk. This will be her last official event for our subcommittee and i want to personally thank her for her contributions to our efforts in the past year. I wish her the best of luck as she moves forward with future endeavors. Thank you, jody. [applause] mr. Wilson one of the objectives of the subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense, that includes management challenges and budget implications that could be administrated more efficiently. We want to ensure necessary oversight to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest levels of readiness possible. Given the current threats facing our nation and the budgetary pres
A law passed in 1997 allows state and local police to buy excess military equipment at a reduced cost. Pentagon officials testified on capitol hill on the program last week about strengthening requirements on who can buy and transport the equipment. Good morning this hears comes to ordinaries, called this hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness to get of the House Armed Services committee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilians, Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to comment the our clerk, this is jodys last official event for our subcommittee and i want to permanently thank her personally thank her for her contributions to our efforts the past year. Wish their the best of look as she moves forward. Thank you, eddy. [applause] one objective of the subcommittee is to this includes programs or activities which face management challenges, present budget implications or could be administered more einitially of w
Thank you. [applause] one of the objectives of this subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense. This includes programs or activities which face management challenges, present budget implications, or could be administrated more efficiently. It is our goal to provide necessary oversight in order to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest level of readiness possible. Given the current threat facing our nation and budgetary pressure on the department of defense, accountability is always paramount and every dollar counts. Vigorous oversight can help ensure that mistakes do not happen and when they inevitably do, we learn lessons from missteps for this reason. I am very grateful that we have convened this hearing today on the recent Accountability Office report highlighting deficiencies found with the management and operation of the Law Enforcement support office, l e s o within the logistics agency. They are responsible f