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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysawuv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m. in room SD-138, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Richard Shelby, (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Shelby, Alexander, Murkowski, Moran, Hoeven, Boozman, Durbin, Murray, Tester, Schatz, and Baldwin. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. DR. MARK T. ESPER, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD C. SHELBY Senator SHELBY. The Committee will come to order. This morning, we are pleased to welcome Secretary Esper and General Milley to the Committee for an update on the Army oper- ations and a review of the 2020 budget request. The Army is seeking $182.3 billion in its current request, which is an increase of $2.4 billion over amounts appropriated for 2019, and while we are here to focus on this budget request, we are also interested in hearing how the Army is executing the money that we appropriated, Mr. Secretary, in 2019. Readiness remains the cornerstone of the Army's resourcing deci- sions, and although building and maintaining readiness is the number one priority, it must be balanced against the need to meet manning goals and to modernize and enhance our competitive ad- vantage. The fiscal year 2020 request slows down the pace of the Army's plan to get to 500,000 active-duty soldiers. The new plan is to add 2,000 troops, as I understand it, in 2020 and subsequent years, with proportionate growth in the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve. This Committee understands that the budget request before us is informed by the 2018 National Defense Strategy, and that the recent creation of the Army Futures Command has further changed many planning assumptions here. (1)

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