WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing, "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the National Guard and Reserves Forces":
With the FY27 appropriations process now underway, we're here today to receive testimony on the posture of the National Guard Bureau and Reserve Components.
I'd like to thank our witnesses:
General Steven Nordhaus, Chief of the National Guard Bureau; Lieutenant General Robert Harter, Chief of the Army Reserve; Rear Admiral Richard Lofgren, Acting Chief of Navy Reserve; Lieutenant General Loni A...