as a part time force the national guard is a proven, affordable defense option for america. during a time of constrained budgets we should continue to be usa used as an operation force to ensure the nation is getting the most defense capability at the lowest cost. as an operational force the national guard is suited to meet the new guidance, to meet steady state demands and act as a strategic hedge for unforeseen world events at any time the national guard can and will augment the active duty both the army and air force to surge and regenerate forces. the nation also counts on the national guard to protect the homeland. your home states, common we'lls, territories and district of columbia. the national guard is the best in primary military force to respond to complex catastrophes and contributes to our security by protecting our air face and borders. while representing only a small portion of the guard's response capability last year federal and state authorities called on one of our 57 civil support teams to use their unique beps of mass destruction, assessment skills almost

that the national guard usually pays the bills. i would be interested to know if and how much you are spending -- how much of your spending is on nontraditional-related guard issues. what i mean by that is environmental expenses, on alternative fuels, on climate change, that kind of stuff. it would be great to have an accounting on how much you are spending on that kind of thing just to know, because there are so many different buckets of that, and how much you are for seeing to spend in the next year. that is point number one. point number two, on the issue of extremism, which i think is a crucial issue, i would argue that obviously, communism or marxism, whether the north korean model, the chinese model, the former soviet model, the cuban model, the venezuelan model, is obviously an extremist ideology -- i don't think anyone would disagree. the question, i think another congressman as to how the military is defining extremism. is a group that claims -- their leadership claims to be trained by marxists, would that be considered an

wisconsin national guard was the critical capability for our nations defense. i have questions about that. the cutie and supports a significant number of jobs. what are the economic benefits for the local community that we can anticipate from hosting the f 35 fighter wing? >> the community and their that establishes such a fantastic unit. the benefits is there are aerial ranges, gun ranges, aerial refueling units, and airspace that made it a good choice. when you look at the community, you have a state-of-the-art aircraft, that will be there for decades. the number of folks that employees and are going to be there to support the unit are going to make a huge difference to the local community. and having been there, the coordination between the unit and the local community makes a huge difference. >> while i am very grateful that my home state is making a significant contribution to national security, i would say that neighbors are concerned about the impact of increased noise in the area surrounding the airport. i helped secure resources in a previous appropria

in the midst of these headline grabbing events the national guard, national disasters whether it is floods in michigan, wildfires in kansas, tornadoes in tennessee to name a few and it has been a crazy year and it is early july. if you look at the totality of the effort of the national guard including federal missions more than 120,000 members of the national guard were mobilized, 45,000 more doing birx operations in every district in territory in the district of columbia, 40,000 more were doing operations in support of civil disturbance operations in 33 states. all across the country the national guard was delivering personal protective equipment and in some cases manufacturing personal protective equipment. food banks and test centers protect protesters first amendment rights that protest peacefully. sharing best practices as we learn how to do these things and did this difficult time it is a time of great flexibility and innovation and showcasing capabilities of the national guard. we are doing these while we sustain federal commitments to combatant command around the world as part of t

the national guard presence we have here now, as a result of the riot, but the national guard that'sp the fencing and all that. steven sund: okay. that began to be developed the evening of the sixth. when we made the request, we got the national guard in, we started looking to the future, what was going to be next. we started talking about bringing in the first section of global fencing, which basically went right around capitol square, which is constitution, independence, first to first. we got that, that in place. steven sund: then we started looking at what necessary national guard resources working with the national guard representative, so that was developed with capitol police working with, i believe, sergeant at arms at the time, in the evening, going into the seventh, that we developed that. sen. scott: okay, were you the only one involved or were the sergeant at arms involved? steven sund: i believe so. iâd have to go back and pull that information. we were working on a number of different aspects of it at the time, but i had my general counsel as well as our operations peop

national guard in american society. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the advancing of the colors, and remain standing for the playing of the united states national anthem. ♪ >> garda, holt1-- guard, halt! present. detachment, present. [music: u.s. national anthem] >> please be seated. >> ladies and gentlemen, taking their positions on the field for the relinquishing of responsibility is the chief of the national guard bureau and member of the joint chiefs of staff, and director of the national guard bureau. senior advisors to the chief of the national guard bureau will pass the colors for the last time. general wilkinson will pass the colors, concluding his response ability as the chief of the office of the national guard bureau. he will pass the national guard colors back to the senior enlisted advisor white had -- whitehead, who will return the national guard colors to the color bearer. >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the posting of the colors. >> post colors. ♪

for your army national guard is today mobilized with more than 11,000 soldiers, both abroad and here, at home. our soldiers are our nations and our army's greatest assets, and should be treated that way. the subcommittee's interest in recruiting and retention incentives programs is understandable. in 2008, the california national guard discovered inaccuracies in the number of incentive contracts awarded, and launched an investigation in 2010. the investigation revealed that the california guard's incentive program had been grossly mismanaged, and there were instances of fraud which were discovered. as a result, california took measures to ensure these individuals engaged in the perpetration of fraud were punished. in 2011, the california incentive task force identified more than 17,000 california army national guard cases that were potentially linked to the unethical management of the incentives program between 2004 and 2011. in 2011, the california national guard was with assistance from the national guard bureau, established a soldier incentive assistance center to assist any califo

>> thank you for the question and thank you, sir for your service in the national guard as well. women look at the army guard in particular, last year we were able to start realigning the eight divisions of the national guard with a supportive brigades, brigade combat teams, combat aviation brigade tenth maneuver enhancement brigade. we're trying to provide our nation not only ten active duty army divisions but also ate national guard divisions. that's where this specific case comes into play. when you look at it the station level as so we noted we need to modernize affirmations and we work very closely to make sure whatever the army modernizes we have the same equipment in the national guard so we're an operable on the battlefield. when we look what the army under long-term work with that program, we want to be part of that to make sure we look, act and operate the same. >> mr. rogers, i don't know if are having a technical issue. you had about 20 seconds left. it looks like we're having a technical difficulty, and if your staff gets hold of our staff we will add that on to your

and the fact that the teams that the army national guard sponsors do some very, very good things for the nation and are held in high esteem by that group of people, it leads to recruits for the army national guard. >> well, mr. chairman, i would hope that we wouldn't micromanage that process, let the guard decide how best to utilize whatever we give them for the branding, for the recruiting and so forth. i think attempts to say do this and put on that commercial or that commercial and pud it on v put it on this car and not that car ought to be left up to the people who are involved in that process. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. now i would like to recognize the chairman of the senate national guard caucus, senator leahy. >> thank you. general, i noticed yesterday we saw in the news where a plane diverted had to be -- commercial jet had to land in bangor. it was on its way to charlotte. fighter jets were deployed. were those guard jets? >> yes, senator, they were. >> well, that sort of leads into a question i have. there's a couple of lesser-known cuts. not lesser cuts but les

in the last three years alone, the national guard has rescued or saved 18,826 individuals. midst of all those events, our formations still met everyone of our overseas deployments. this included the nation's final days in afghanistan, where national guardsmen helped defend the kabul airport, evacuate refugees, and then assist with operation allies refuge. one of our other missions is the joint multinational training group, ukraine. in concert with california's 30-year state partnership with ukraine, our guardsmen helped establish a training center in ukraine after russia's first invasion in 2014. focused on combat arms and lessons learned, our national guard trainers were some of the last to leave ukraine before russia's unprovoked invasion. a few months after the war began, we reestablished our training group and have been training our partners every single day since then. today, every combatant commander leverages our state partnership program, which as recently mentioned, now includes 100 nations around the globe. "always ready, always there," is not just our motto, it's

the guard's commission to our nation is always ready, always there. nstrate their obligation, protecting and serving the american people. the guard has played a pivotal role in every conflict since the revolutionary war and have performed a vital function in rapid responses to national disaster, civil unrest, and public health crises. the guards founded one of the most successful initiatives -- the state partnership program. for over 30 years, the state partnership program is fostered long-term relationships that enhance global security and cooperation. through 96 partners -- partnerships with 106 countries in the world. today we honor the represent diffs from some of our state partnerships who are in -- in attendance, demonstrating many contributions to our national guard. general hokanson's tenure as chief of the national guard bureau has been marked by exceptional leadership and transformative accomplishments. his efforts led to the passage of more than 50 legislative initiatives focusing on his principal priorities -- people, readiness, modernizati

both will discuss the jurisdiction of the national guard bureau, the army national guard and the air force national guard over guardsmen in their varying statuses who commit sexual harassment and sexual assault or other criminal acts. they will also address what services an benefits are available to national guard personnel who are victims of these egregious crimes. brigadier general walker will also discuss the office of complex investigations and their role in filling a gap for the state adjutant generals when local law enforcement authorities and/or federal agencies are unable or unwilling to investigate. i'm also looking forward to hearing from them their response to the findings that the independent review committee and how the national guard bureau intends to implement the irc's recommendations. the morale, the readiness and every aspect of service is poisoned each time a service member is sexually assaulted or harassed in our military. the national guard is no different. guard personnel have fought in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, aided countless civilians in natural disas

the national guard is no different. guard personnel have fought in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, aided countless civilians in natural disaster and see providing essential healthcare and support to fight the current covid-19 pandemic. and they suffer from a convoluted and understaffed system of sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention programs. complex and cumbersome reporting processes and a lack of justice. the numbers are staggering yet the data is lacking. according to the dod 2019 annual report on sexual assault in the military, the number of reported sexual assaults in the guard jumped nationwide from 173 in 2009 to 607 in 2019. more than a 300% increase. beyond that, little data exists. i've been advocating for progress more than ten years. those numbers don't tell even a fraction of the story. individual stories of guard personnel caught in a web of confusing bureaucracy are harrowing, stories like the west virginia national guard officer, then lieutenant general teresa james raped in her hotel room by

of arms to request assistance of the national guard and mr. irving stated he was concerned about the guard being deployed. >> that is correct. on the fourth, it wasn't a phone call, it was an in person visit to his office where i requested that national guard. >> could you clarify, when you use the turn, maybe you could talk about this, the optics of the national guard, could you elaborate on what you meant by that? ... he had received an offer from the national guard and when we include mister steiger we discussed a specific issue as to whether the intelligence warranted the proof and the answer was number then mister steiner, his recommendation was to have been on standby and my recollection was mister son was satisfied with that and he believed the following day he was satisfied and i'd heard no concern anytime thereafter >> were you concerned and his use of the word optics, what it would look like to have the guards for mister son s testified was a concern on january 4. there was a reluctance because of the appearance. was there something,

as a part-time force, the national guard is a proven affordable defense option for america. during a time of constrained budgets, we should continue to be used as an operational force to ensure the nation is getting the most effective capability at the lowest cost. as an operational force, the national guard is suited to meet the new strategic guidance, to meet city and state demands and act as a strategic head for unforeseen world events. at any time, the national guard can and will augment the active duty, but the army and air force, to surge and regenerate forces. the nation also count on the national guard to protect the homeland. your home state,, well, territories, and the district of columbia. the national guard is the best and primary military force to respond to complex catastrophes and contribute to our security by protecting our airspace and borders. while representing only a small portion of the guards response capability, last year federal and state authorities called on one of our 57 civil support teams to use their unique weapons of mass destruction assessment

. >> she believes the national guard failed to properly investigate her sexual assault. >> is this exposing the dysfunction inside the guard? >> yes. >> brown says following the incident she returned to duty where she says she experienced sexual. >>ment and inappropriate touching and it continues for years. >> over and over again. >> why did you get involved here? >> i'm a commander. >> frustrated with the response, lieutenant colonel sent a series of memos. >> do you have any reason to doubt her? >> no. >> no reported action has been taken against another memo commanded that i was the first. >> immediately she would call the air force office of the special investigation and conduct an veg. >> for getting involved were you retaliated against? >> absolutely. >> how many of you believe you have been retaliated against for trying to do the right thing? >> i have. >> absolutely. >> several times. >> all 9 of you? >> absolutely. >> is that part of the culture of the national guard? >> what is the current reputation of the california national guard? >> it's not a good reputation. it's not. >> chi

now i would like to recognize the chairman of the senate national guard caucus. senator leahy. >> thank you. yesterday we saw on the news a plane had to be landed on its way to charlotte. were those guard jets? >> yes, senator, they were. >> that sort of leads into a question i have. there's a couple of lesser known cuts. not lesser known but lesser cuts proposed to the air national guard and issues that concern me deeply. specifically cuts to air control alert locations. air national guard explosive ordnance. the air controller. i think it's safe to say from everything we have learned without going into anything we get, it's safe to say that commercial airlines are still a target of terrorists. is that not a fair statement? >> that's correct, senator. our strategy for dealing with threats to the united states have changed. and that's would drive reductions. but i worry that we're just seeing a budget cut, i don't see the threat going out. i think we should have our air control alert locations. it looks like they just handed you a bill to pay, and then you had to

the president congratulated the national guard. they have a professional holiday today. vladimir putin noted the courage, resilience and fearlessness of the fighters in carrying out any tasks in the zone of a special military operation, the national guard units are fighting on the front line with army units , they ensure order in the liberated territories, they are engaged in demining , they deliver humanitarian aid to civilians, special words of gratitude from the head of state were addressed to veterans of internal troops mvd riot police sobr and others services that became the foundations of the modern national guard. among the key tasks of the national guard are the fight against terrorism, extremism and organized crime, the protection of significant strategic objects of law enforcement during mass events , control over the circulation of weapons. all this is extremely complex. responsible areas of work that require high professionalism and consistency, strict observance of the rule of law and always focus on achieving specific tangible results in the interests of th

national guard. an automatic five under million dollars goes into effect in january unless congress changes the law. -- an automatic $500 million goes into effect. michelle obama will be joining president obama on the campaign trail today. we'll have live coverage of today's stop in dubuque, iowa. the president travels to davenport and we will have that live, as well. the republican party has released more details about their convention at the end of august. the first day will be the longest with the convicted gaveling in at 2:00 p.m. eastern and lasting through the evening and wrapping up around 11:00 p.m. we will have live coverage of every minute of the republican and democratic conventions here on c-span. >> now the soviet bear may be gone but there are still wolves in the woods and we saw that when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. the mideast might have become a nuclear powder keg. our energy supplies held hostage. what was necessary. we destroyed a threat, freed a people, and locked a tyrant in t

national guard dated january 5th ruling those national guard restrictions. former house sergeant of arms, paul irving, concurrent resolution expressing support for law enforcement officers that explicitly have united states capital police, a copy of amendment offered in the rules committee by ranking member to the capital police, who protected the capital on january 6. a copy of the vote tally and amendment which was to needed 8-3 vote all republicans voting against, a tweet by representative matt gates december 14, 2023 he pledges to hold speaker mccarthy to his promise to release the full january 6 tapes, dated september 18th, 2023 which demands full release in exchange for funding the government, finally a letter from capital police chief, tom manger in which he renews his request to review all video footage request received by the committee addressing security sick -- concerns without objection. >> without objection, now recognize the gentleman from new york, mr. esposito. >> i just want to make it very clear that i think all of our colleagues, republica

that is both air national guard and army national guard rotary wing assets. in terms of rescues -- i want to be careful when i talk numbers. these are very fluid. there is a great deal of rcues occurring around by the minute. but those that the national guard is directly involved includes over 3500 personnel rescue. most of those you see have been by some type of boat, but also include almost 300 hoist rescues. they are technically difficul in terms of hoisting people up ere they are unaccessible by any other method. almost 300 animal rescues have occurred. not only the humans associated, but the pets as we continue to alleviate the pain and suffering that the citizens of texas are experiencing right now. i don't want to leave louisiana out of the equation. as the storm moves across the gulf and potentially being made what is called a third landfall, louisiana, currently 400 in louisiana. they are anticipating large flooding across the southwest portion of louisiana and preparing. the governor has not requested a dual status commander, but the louisiana natio

the national guard is no different. guard personnel have fought in the wars in aided countless natural disasters, and are providing healthcare and support to fight the current covid-19 pandemics. yet they suffer from a convoluted and understaffed system of sexual assault sexual harassment prevention program. cumbersome and lack of justice. the numbers are staggering to get data is lacking. according to the dod in ain report on the sexual assault in the military, the number of reported sexual assaults in the guard jumped nationwide from 173 and 2009 to 607 and 2019. more than a three 100% increase. beyond that, little data exists. i've been advocating for progress for more than ten years. those numbers do not tell even a fraction of the story. the cot in a web are harrowing. teresa james, who was raped inr her hotel room by a superior officer. consistently disbelief and retaliated against until the national guard bureau investigation finally found the perpetrator quote used intimidation and fear to sexually assault her re

the director of the army national guard, general ingram, and the director of the air national guard guard, general wyatt. our witnesses from the reserve include the chief of the armory reserve, general stults, the chief of the navy reserve, admiral dirk debbing, the commander of the marine corps reserve, general stephen hummer, and the chief of the air force reserve, general charles stenner. and i'd like to thank you all for joining us today. as the committee reviews the budget for the reserve components. this year's budget proposal significant force structure changes for the air national guard, reducing end strength bill 5100 bullets and aircraft inventory by 134 aircraft. this proposal has come under intense scrutiny from the members of congress, the council of governors, and maniage utant generals and i'd like to hear from you on how involved you were in the deliberative process that preceded the force structure announcement and what input you were asked to give. >> in addition over the last several years, the guard and reserve have made important changes as their transition from a str

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national guard. this was the chief of the national guard bureau, which is kind of the umbrella. he was not called in until later in the day when they started talking about going outside of d.c., so he was brought in a little bit later and did not have a lot more information as to the back and forth between the chief and the sergeant at arms, all those other conversations. so we have gotten some work to do to tease that out. we are in the process of getting that information, but those will be key conversations. the lag in the original request , as the chief stated, and the department of army stated, and then the timeframe, the lag between when the dc national guard was able to get there and the original 340 that were activated, later the whole 1100. the lag time was completely inadequate. that is what we are trying to learn from this. how do we cut through that. a lot more national guardsmen on the ground to act quickly, to support, if needed. they will be around for that. we will make sure. reporter: to follow up, there seems to be confusion as to the guidance of the use of leth

the unique role in the national guard has been more visible than ever in the past few months. in march members of the guard were called to help with the coronavirus pandemic and while on the frontlines of the pandemic they have risked their own health and the infection rate have been high and we thank those in their families for their sacrifice and dedication. while covid-19 is a very real threat we are battling many guard members have also called in recent weeks to insist governors and law enforcement during a recent nationwide protests. for this mission the guard has had to strike their fine balance between forming their duties while ensuring that they do not engage in any unlawful acts or even the perception of unlawful acts against the citizens of our nation. recent weeks show just how difficult the position of the chief national guard bureau is and will remain perhaps throughout your tenure in this position. general hokanson, i look forward to hearing your approach on how you will approach this job in these trying times. general perna, you've been nominated to serve as the

to thank you for the opportunity to highlight your national guard airmen. speak more than 20 farm national men and women from all 50 states three territories and the district of columbia are here in support of the lead federal agency for the presidential inauguration. i visit with these men and women every night and they understand the importance of this mission. they also have proven, prepared, proud to their part to ensure peaceful and safe inauguration for our 46 commander-in-chief. they are providing security, communications, logistics and coordination support to local and federal law enforcement and if met every request promptly and professionally. looking across the entire national guard we have 91000 on duty today to include 22000 supporting covid-19, 16000 deployed overseas, and over 6000 protecting key infrastructure and capitol buildings in 30 of our states. although 90 what is a lot, 91000 it's less than 20% of your national guard. so we have additional capability if and when needed. upon completion of the inauguration, we will continue to suppor

that includes coast guard assets and national guard assets. combination of weather up to this point. because of how long the storm stayed over that southeast area. then the flooding. first responders but guard to get in. the state and mayor of houston as they start to look at and recovery,nse we are confident that more be requested. a as far as i'm aware to date, been given everything they've become asked for. guard fromr national federal forces. >> you're saying that even if he for federal forces, they zone to get into the help because -- the capability yes. that could be one of the hampering factors. it's not the sole thing. sometimes for the state to the state managers to understand the magnitude what they're dealing with they don't know what to ask for yet. of militaryat a lot assets especially heavy weight we need thatts, sometimes 48 to 72 hours lead get itst to move it and there. rotary wings is different. of sure that the governor texas has done everything he can do to ensure that pain and suffering -- i can't speak on behalf the state.

also a direct readiness cost to national guard. by definition they are clearing brush, maintaining fences, doing things on on the border are not training for their primary mission, which is combat. that impacts our national security as a whole because as an operational reserve the guards integral part of our military team. if we face the actual emergency on the borders those costs and risks would perhaps be incurring but consider the threat that prompted this very hearing. a car van of central american migrants that presented no security threat has dissipated only a fraction 1,200 travelers well by all indications port of entry and seek asylum. so in short the situation in southern borders is better than it's been in decades but meanwhile the national guard is increasing part of our military. and military faces more challenging environment around the world than it has in decades. ongoing wars in afghanistan, syria and iraq. in west africa, east africa, yemen, ongoing to nato, critical deterrence missions in the persian gulf and kore

but not by the national guard. the national guard is not doing any of that. as i speak to you today, there are 782 national guard soldiers identified that are actually on the border assisting the border security role. the preponderance of those are in texas and arizona. it is unknown what the total number will grow to be. a level no higher than 4000 total soldiers in support of the mission. >> -- with regards to funding, the funding of this is unknown. exactly how long it's going to last, how big it's going to be, and what the total operations are to support it. in the secretary of defense action memo on 6 april, he passed the department of defense to ascertain sources of funding to support this effort. to make him aware of issues with respect to funding that may impact the mission sense. and if required, to notify him of any reprogramming actions that may be necessary to allow proper funding into the right places so that we can conduct a mission and maintain the readiness of the force. and you know, i would ask that this committee look favorably on any refor

national guard. and chief, you were stunned by the tepid response. can you clarify that and tell us how the conversations went? >> there was a phone call that was convened between several officials. chief sund was on the call, literally pleading. there were several army officials on the call. i don't know them all by name. several officials from district government were on the stage. chief simons was pleading for the deployment. national guard. in response to that, there was not an immediate yes, the national guard is responding, yes, the national guard is on the way, yes, the national guard are being restaged from traffic posts to respond. the response was more asking about the plan, what was the plan for the national guard. the response was more focused on, in addition to the plan, the optics, about how this looks with boots on the ground on the capitol. and my response to that was simply, i was just stunned. i have officers out there literally fighting for their lives. we're kind of going through

i have questions about the national guard. e secretary mentioned we are trying to prioritize the vaccine for those service members who are on the front lines or performing functions in which they might have exposure. are the members of the guard being appropriately prioritized who are serving their communities in the covid response, such as serving and food banks, serving in vaccine supply, assisting communities in ways in which they are part of the covid response? are they being a properly prioritized -- appropriately prioritized? >> i do have to state i am in ohio guardsmen. first of all yes, we are in , lockstep. we have been fully integrated in the dod priority schema for vaccination. we receive our allotment of vaccines and follow down the list. in that top list of the one a are guardsmen serving in covert -- in covid operations, so they have the ability to get the vaccine. we have been pushing it out weakly to the states so they can get vaccinated. >> i have one more follow-up. this question is based on information i have

national guard. tions for him about the deployment, the slow deployment that day of the guard. >> for sure. also really good news from the white house on the u.s. vaccine supply. president biden says there will be enough shots for every american adult by the end of may. >> yeah, i can't wait. >> i can't wait. >> cnn's elizabeth cohen joins us now with more. this is delivery. that's good news on supply. that's a big deal. that's been an issue. will this accelerate getting those shots into arms? >> certainly. i can't imagine how that wouldn't be the case. as you said, two parts, the supply. what we're hearing is there will be enough for every american adult by the end of may, and then actually getting those shots into arms as we've seen is a bit of a different story. in the beginning, when clinics were slow to get shots into arms, that was the beginning. vaccinating an entire population is not an easy thing. it is unprecedented. we've never had to do this before. so it's kind of understandable that it d

which is a national guard in title 32 status, the inactive national guard which is basically folks that have not yet all the way transitioned out of the guard on a roster and can be recalled and then something called the maryland defense force which i have a slide about at the very end which is a nonfederalized militia and then again in maryland, for example, abl able-bodied individuals which is everybody else that is not members of the previous organizations would be the unorganized militia. so what you have is basically you have two national guards, when brad was talking about the federal government response and it only happens after the state is exhausted the national guard is both. for example, i have a commission from the president of the united states and i have a commission from the dpofrer of maryland. so it's this dual status that makes the national guard a unique organization as well as a unique military force in the country. so that in -- on the left of that slide you can see where the organized militia is trained and appointed, et cetera, and has federal recognition, ok

national guard. he is charged with ensuring units are manned, equipped and ready for war and any national emergency justin: birth -- emergency. for 30 years, he served in the dea. welcome. chairman klobuchar, those are our witnesses for today. >> the witnesses should now stand and raise your right hand. do you swear that the testimony you will give before the committee is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you, you can be seated and i will turn it back over to chairman peters. chairman peters: we will now begin with questioning. >> statements. chairman peters: right, i am sorry. >> chairman peters, chairwoman klobuchar, ranking members portman and blunt, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. thank you for the support in securing the u.s. on january 6 .21. one of dod -- january 6, 2021. dod frequently purrs -- provides the support at events like the presidential and gratian and state of the union addresses. due to the unique nature of the di

months, the national guard has been on the frontlines lines of the covid-19 pandemic spots in every state, territory, and the district of columbia. guard members are helping their communities fight this invisible enemy. they are supporting key functions in their communities, at testing sites, long-term care facilities, hospitals and food banks. we have delivered personal protective equipment, face masks, turning convention centers into alternate care facilities, and so much more. time, our national guard responded to civil unrest in several states and the district of columbia as part of a national call for justice in racial equality. our soldiers and airmen were there to protect our first amendment rights and preserve public safety in the communities where we live. our citizen soldiers and airmen responded to these and other events in the homeland while simultaneously meeting all overseas deployment requirements in support of combatant commands and the national defense strategy. a newesult, we reached peak earlier this month of over 120,000 citizen soldiers and airmen globalize worldwide.

governor janis mcgeachin supports legislative initiatives to restrict the use of a state's national guard in undeclared wars, which she believes are not included in under article 1 of the constitution. allowing federal use of state's militia for executing the laws of the nation. suppressing insurrection and repelling invasions. >> it should be difficult to take our state militias and our active duty military into war without a congressional declaration of war. we have no business fighting in these foreign overseas misadventures. and so i don't see it as an anti war. i see it as a pro constitution measure. >> reporter: mcknight, both a former marine and army veteran, launched the “defend the guard” initiative, wi other veterans and politicians fromoth parties to limit foreign deployments national guard troops only to wars formally declared by congress. the 2001 war on terror resolution has allowed the past four presidents to send national guard troops to fight in afghanistan and iraq without a declaration of war. >> now is the time to push back >> citizen soldiers were always meant to be t

yes, the national guard is responding. yes, the national guard is on the way. one thing that did not come up in today's hearing but has still not been explained about that desperate phone call the d.c. police described, that the pentagon initially lied about one of the military officers who was on that call. the "washington post" reporting last month that after trump's disgraced national security adviser mike flynn told president trump he should use military force and martial law to seize power despite election results, mike flynn's brother was at the pentagon and on that call. the call where the pentagon allegedly slow walked approving deploying the national guard. mike flynn's brother, lieutenant general charles flynn, has denied that his relationship with his brother was any sort of factor in the response to the capitol attack. but the army has not explained why they repeatedly lied when they insisted multiple times that general flynn's brother had nothing to do with it. that he was not on the call when in fact he was. so to have one of the central figures i

and, of course, happy professional holiday to veterans of the national guard. i wish all of you and your families health and success. the federal service of the national guard troops was formed by presidential decree 6 years ago, its foundations were the internal troops, the service included sobr omon detachments. non-departmental security unit for control, in the field of arms trafficking, as well as in the field to ensure the security of fuel and energy complex facilities, the troops, the national guard, in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, participate in the fight against terrorism , extremism, under the protection of the service, there are especially important infrastructure and transport communication facilities. among them are nuclear power plants , enterprises of the nuclear chemical industry. employees take part in ensuring public order carry out the tasks of guarding and escorting convoys with humanitarian cargo marriage and heroism shown in in the course of the special operation to protect the republics of donbass, many servicemen of th

we're here today to hear from the california national guard, the national guard bureau and the office of the secretary of defense on an issue we must get right in fairness to not only the california guardsmen this affected but for all service members going forward. compensation, whether it say bonus for a service agreement or regular pay is an obligation to our service members and their families that they should not have to worry about. i find it unacceptable we'd place the additional burden of years of concern about the legitimacy of a bonus payment or student loan repayment on those who volunteer to serve. the armed services committee has taken action in the 2017 national defense authorization act to address this issue and the subcommittee is taking every opportunity to thoroughly review and discuss the way forward so that we can prevent such a widespread problem or abuse in the future. our purpose today is to gain an understanding from those involved on why this happened and what we can do to prevent it going forward. before i introduce our panel, let me offer the congresswoman dav

you thank the national guard for the ordered help. we gladly accept this help.will distribute it among people among those in need under special attention. and families with many children and the elderly are under guardianship for those who cannot come to the pick-up point, the national guard delivers everything they need. especially for the elderly, how is their health, do they have everything, how can we help the citizens explain to us. uh, what they need as much as they can, provide help military personnel take care of everyone with foster children help with school supplies clothes and shoes bring toys to solve everyday issues. and if some equipment breaks down in the refrigerator and washing machine, then we repair it several times and brought humanitarian aid to the local hospital. national guardsmen residents of the central region of russia received medicines and essentials for the hospital of the kherson region, which was donated to good deeds for the civilian population, because this medicine contains a large number of vitally necessary drugs. here's how

the texas national guard comprises 24000 army, air, civilians and volunteers. they're working across the state. we respond in to texas in times of need and also the nation. we help with border security in the department of homeland security. we help the texas department of emergency management fighting fires and hurricane harvey. we participated in her harvey and maria. the general is also a texan, he'll tell you and i agree, our main mission is defense of america. we are fighting america's wars. our ability to train,'s and fight is our number one roll. that's the reason why we exist and why we are funded through federal funding through our existence. we are always deployed when asked since 2001 we deployed 2000 members. second is to protect our communities for whatever may hit us including man-made terrorism, border security or natural disasters. currently we have 2300 members deployed supported america overseas. we have members on the border and members supplying counter drug and people fighting fires as we speak. earlier, president trump authorized federal tr

that was the initial deployment of national guard forces along the southwest border. we have roughly 6000 national guardsmen deployed over a two- border. we spent a lot of time together, steve and i, discussing the rules of the use of force and everything and what status the national guard would have during that order of deployment. my recollection is became to the conclusion the guard would be entitled 32 status. that's the middle ground where gubernatorial command and control would be exercised over those forces but dod funding would pay for those forces. it hasin general answer to your question, the type of funding used to pay for the national guard forces, traditionally along the southwest border, would be adversely impacted by sequestration. >> a think that is an accurate answer. just to give you a little bit more, the unintended consequence would be -- dod would be faced with less money than it would normally have to do that but mission. eightit was painful to dod to do it when we were better- resourced. but it createit created frankly great thank you to -- great