brown, and secretary mike mccord, the department's comptroller . let me start by thanking this committee for all you do to support the u.s. military, our troops, and our military families. we are seeing the exceptional skill and professionalism of our forces after around's unprecedented and reckless assault on israel. alongside israel, and our allies, we had enormous success in defeating iran's attacks. we will continue to stand ready to protect our troops in the region, and to support the defense of israel from attacks by iran, or its proxies. in our commitment to israel's security is ironclad. let me be clear, while we have not seen renewed attacks on u.s. forces or facilities, as president biden has said, we will not hesitate to take all necessary actions to protect our people. now, let me turn to this year's budget request. >> the meeting will be suspended. the committee will be in order. teacher notes and disturbance of the committee proceedings. the chair for my i guess the disruption of the audience is a violation of house rules. any additio