Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k
Unable to support it because it wasnt beneficial to the economic well being of Northern Ireland and may undermine the integrity of the union. There had been positive noises from conservative hard brexiteers who voted against theresa mays deal, although they said they wa nted mays deal, although they said they wanted to see the final text first and there is a risk the dup position might put some of. It is hugely concerning, if one part, the dup, are unwilling to support the aspects of the deal that borisjohnson is negotiating with the eu that affects Northern Ireland, there is a question as to whether that complies to the good friday agreement when it comes to consent. What is coming out of brussels is that he has actually managed to negotiate something that is even worse for our negotiate something that is even worse for oui economy negotiate something that is even worse for our economy than what theresa may had put forward. We are talking about an act of economic vandalism which would
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