00:00A bureaucratic model to a business model, decisively moving from a acquisitions environment
00:06paralyzed by bureaucratic red tape into an outcomes-driven organization focused on delivering
00:12the most for taxpayer dollars. Over the past year, through historic multi-year procurement
00:18agreements that this committee supported, we've cut smart business deals that have sent
00:25unambiguous demand signals to industry to build more and build faster. The result has been
00:32a surge, a revitalization of our great American factories and a massive reinvestment in the
00:38skilled American workers who serve as the industrial muscle behind our warriors.
00:59Further interruptions of our hearing will be treated in like manner. We appreciate the
01:06First Amendment rights of Americans to express themselves, but disruption of this hearing
01:13will not be tolerated. So, Mr. Secretary, you may continue.
01:18I'll briefly provide some concrete high-level metrics of what we've accomplished over just
01:22the past few months. These are announced new facilities and investments to support American
01:28warfighters. The department has helped stimulate more than 250 private investment deals in 39
01:34states, 180 cities, and 150 companies worth more than $50 billion. It's resulted in 280 new
01:43or expanded facilities, more than 18 million new square feet of American manufacturing, and
01:49more than 70,000 new jobs. These $50 billion in investments in new plants, new assembly lines, and new
01:57factories are private investments, not taxpayer dollars. By completely transforming our
02:04department's business model, American companies are investing in America with their own dollars. A historic
02:11demonstration of American manufacturing and defense revitalization, all with their money, not Uncle Sam's.
02:18This has never been done before and is long overdue from a bureaucratic model to a business model.
02:25These investments equal great things for America, for American families, and American workers to ensure that our
02:32warfighters have everything they need, all American made. Together with the help of the policy updates and appropriations passed by
02:40Congress,
02:40President Trump's war department has begun to turn the lights back on in our manufacturing towns across this country,
02:46forging a lethal arsenal of freedom.
02:50President Trump's war department has been
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