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The Committee will come to order.
Good afternoon. Today the subcommittee is pleased to be joined by this key panel of Department of the Interior leaders: Director Tracy Stone-Manning with the Bureau of Land Management, Director Martha Williams with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Director Chuck Sams with the National Park Service.
Following our hearing with Secretary Haaland yesterday, we appreciate you all being here today to discuss the bureau-level details and priorities of the administration's fiscal year 2024 budget request.
Thank you, Chairman Joyce.
And thank you, Mr. Secretary, for appearing before us today.
Since you last testified before this committee, the situation at the border has not improved.
And having lived in Texas, I've been there many, many times.
Last year, a record 2.7 million migrants attempted to cross the border illegally.
This year, the trend is even worse.
We have already had more than 1 million migrant encounters.
I want to thank everyone for joining us today as we review the Food and Drug Administration's fiscal year 2024 budget request. Our witness is the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Robert Califf.
Dr. Califf, I want to welcome you to today's hearing. I look forward to the discussion on the budget request and other topics of importance.
The Defense Subcommittee will come to order.
Today, the Subcommittee will receive testimony from:
• the Honorable Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force;
• General C.Q. Brown, Chief of Staff of the Air Force;
• And General Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations. General Saltzman, welcome to the Subcommittee.
Air and space superiority are more important than ever, as the U.S. faces the challenge of strategic competition with China.
