wittman. >> thank you mr. chairman. i reluctantly oppose this amendment. i understand representative hunters concerns about the mq-9 bieber. it's definitely a great platform. we do need isr platforms. this platform does even more than that but again you go to where the offsets are. these operation and maintenance accounts may be seemingly innocuous but when you take them down to a critical level you go to the point where you'll be able to take away the capability with the most accounts a man of the terms of those accounts when you are talking about the media ability for the department of defense and those kinds of things seem like we can take this down without consequence but we have already harvested as many of these low priority funds as we can without going past the point of having irreversible effects within dod and again as i've said we look carefully throughout her readiness accounts understanding that operation and maintenance accounts are those critical elements of readiness. we talk about those each and every day making sure sure that we are prope

when wittman looked west he didn't see a place.e saw an idea rooted in a mystical tradition as old as the country itself. thomas jefferson had been an astounding profit. he and his disciples believed the americans would march toward the pacific in the continent's limitless supply of land would be settled by farmers who embodied the nation's egalitarian spirit. of course the reality was often more complicated. the region contains land they were assisted cultivation and indians who resisted extermination. as the line of settlement's move steadily forward past the alleghenies the mississippi and the rockies the jeffersonian dream of a westwood empire of liberty began to look like prophecy. even henry david thoreau when departing for his daily walk in concord felt drawn in a westerly direction. the future that lies that way to me he wrote the earth seems more unexhausted and richer on that site. mark twain was born in 1835 and reach young adulthood at the best possible time just as the country embarked on the most extraordinary period

meg wittman, ceo of hewlett-packard, big company, said they're coming back in a big way and that's au also have a number of chinese players eager to crack into this market. you have numerous comparable printers coming from asia than 3d systems. very, very bad which brings me to why i think 3d systems in particular needs to be sold here. even though the stock has been cut in half, it's darn expensive. 7.4 times this year's sales and even with the 23% growth rate that valuation is far from being cheap. i have to worry that the earnings estimates for 3d systems is too high which would make the stock pricier. let me put this in perspective for you, despite the decline, 3d systems is worth 5.2 billion. four years from now in 20 aerngs the entire global 3d printing industry is expected to have roughly 6.5 billion in annual sales and no way the whole company should be worth more than the 3d printing. you should be buying something that's incredibly high quality. i don't think 3d systems missed that bill and that's a track record of disappointment. beyond that, 3d systems will be growing fas

when wittman looked west he didn't see a place. saw an idea rooted in a mystical tradition as old as the country itself. thomas jefferson had been an astounding profit. he and his disciples believed the americans would march toward the pacific in the continent's limitless supply of land would be settled by farmers who embodied the nation's egalitarian spirit. of course the reality was often more complicated. the region contains land they were assisted cultivation and indians who resisted extermination. as the line of settlement's move steadily forward past the alleghenies the mississippi and the rockies the jeffersonian dream of a westwood empire of liberty began to look like prophecy. even henry david thoreau when departing for his daily walk in concord felt drawn in a westerly direction. the future that lies that way to me he wrote the earth seems more unexhausted and richer on that site. mark twain was born in 1835 and reach young adulthood at the best possible time just as the country embarked on the most extraordinary period o

wittman: most of the decisions we make impact them first and foremost. it's our constitutional responsibility and should be our highest priority to ensure they have the training and equipment they need to come home safely. we must be committed to ensuring that our force is ready to respond. this bill attempts to limit operational risk while also balancing present and future readiness requirements with a damaging top line. when we legislate to an arbitrary budget number rather than to a national security strategy, we make ill-advised choices that impact our capability to respond to global threats such as the crisis in ukraine and russia and increasingly aggressive china. we call up our forces to respond at this point in time. our military options would be limited. that is why i oppose brac at this time. we don't have the money to fund it and higher priorities that impact the safety of our troops and every effort and every dollar must be focus odd them. this must funding the marine corps ground forces, which are needed to secure embassies and military inst