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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysawuy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:01 a.m. in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard Shelby (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Shelby, Collins, Murkowski, Moran, Hoeven, Boozman, Durbin, Murray, Reed, Tester, Schatz, and Baldwin. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAvY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD V. SPENCER, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD C. SHELBY Senator SHELBY. The committee will come to order. Good morning. I am pleased today to welcome Secretary of the Navy Spencer, Admiral Richardson, and General Neller for a re- view of the Navy and the Marine Corps' fiscal year 2020 budget re- quest and also for an update on Naval operations. For the fiscal year 2020, the Navy and Marine Corps are request- ing $205.6 billion, an increase of $9.5 billion over amounts appro- priated for 2019. Last year, the Department of Defense received its full budget at the beginning of the fiscal year for the first time in 10 years. In addition to reviewing your 2020 request, we would like to hear how the timely enactment of the 2019 funds is increasing our mili- tary readiness and accelerating our modernization. This year's budget request is informed by the 2018 National De- fense Strategy, which describes a new era of great power competi- tion with China and Russia. Last week, two Carrier Strike Groups with over 10 ships, 130 aircraft, and 9,000 sailors and marines met up in the Mediterra- nean for joint operations. It is only the second time in 20 years that the two aircraft carriers have operated in the Mediterranean to- gether. Hopefully, you can share some more details about the sig- nificance of this event with us today. It certainly shows the role of aircraft carriers to Naval oper- ations, and the committee notes yesterday's announcement that the Navy will not decommission the USS Harry S Truman 25 years (1)

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