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I'll tell you what linda fire ceo of this company. I'd be worried. Mm hmm wow, good afternoon everybody and thank you jim for the invitation to be here today and linda for the warm welcome today and congressman sole woman soul. Thank you for all you do for the people to stay in the country and for your friendship or friendship. I wanted to come down to Alabama to make sure that the american people no, what work is this? And by the way you have *** seat, please take it. Mhm. By the way sometimes the press is always fair with me but once every once in *** while I make *** mistake. Not like once in *** speech but anyway, I years ago when I started started talking to this guy for this job. I said please take your seats. There weren't any seats. Everyone stand. There were no chairs. So I just want to make sure I check when you had seats. Look the american people know what work of this facility you're doing and support to support Ukraine's fight for freedom. And the bottom line is I came to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That's the reason I'm here. I've been in those battlefields where these missiles are fired and I spent *** lot of time going in out of Iraq and Afghanistan maybe *** total of 40 times and I'll tell you what you're and I've been in Ukraine *** lot prior to the war and on the border sensible And it's it's amazing what you've done. We see on the news every single day the atrocities and war crimes that are being committed by Russian forces in Ukraine directed by Vladimir Putin. And it really is gut wrenching. We see the incredible gravy, the Ukrainian fighters defending their country from with everything they have. And by that, it's not just their warriors, it's not just the military, it's people on the street. People on the street stand behind *** lot have gotten out five million, but *** lot of staying, including women as well as men stand to fight for their country. And we know that the United States is leading our allies and partners around the world to make sure the craziest Ukrainians who are fighting for the future of the nation have the weapons and the capacity of ammunition and equipment to defend themselves against Putin's brutal war. *** lot of war crimes being committed. But we don't, what we don't see, we don't always see is the work that's so much of that makes so much as possible. And that's you, it's not hyperbole, it's you you make it possible to make it possible for them to have *** shot. You know, during World War Two, the United States is known as the arsenal of democracy. There was rosie, the riveter who actually got to meet, quite frankly, before she passed away and *** lot of people who in fact kept the kept it going. I was *** slight digression. I went over for the 50th anniversary of the, the end of World War Two. And and I was in Normandy. And I went up afterwards with the to the cemetery. And uh I was walking by myself and it's it's incredible. It's immaculate. It's perfectly manicure. And the headstones are all the same. I looked down one row and I saw three names, same names, Father and two sons who had died in the landing. And I was bent down and I was reading the dates of their births and all of *** sudden I heard behind me *** change up and I turned around and there was *** gentleman who had to be In his early 80s in *** wheelchair being wheeled by his son. Big guy looked like Hoss Cartwright and his and his wife And one other and *** daughter. And he saluted me. So I saluted him. And at the time and I turned and I said, thank you for what you did, Thank you for saving literally saving civilization. And he put his hand on his wife. His wife has handled on his shoulder and he said, no, no, she did it. She did. I looked at her and said, she bought the landing craft that got us in here. She and her friends, they're the ones that did it. And he went on and he filled up and all of *** sudden it dawned on me, you're doing it, you really are doing it. You're making *** gigantic difference for these poor sons of guns who are under such enormous, enormous pressure and firepower. Those javelins I saw there was 10 for every tank that there is in Ukraine, right? You're changing people's lives. We built the weapons. You really do. You do. But we built the weapons and equipment and helped defend freedom and sovereignty in europe years ago. But that's true. Again today, you know, some of the best, most effective weapons in our arsenal. Those javelin missiles, like the ones manufactured right here in Pike County, they're highly portable. They're extremely effective against *** wide range of armored targets. They can hit targets up to 400 m away and have *** fire and forget capability. That means the person firing can I know, you know, it's for anybody who may be listening can change positions or take cover before that Japanese even strikes home target. In fact, they've been so important. There's even *** story about Ukrainian parents naming their Children, not *** joke. Their newborn child, javelin or javelina. Not *** joke. So the brave people of Ukraine, including the many civilians who have taken up arms to defend their country, deserve every ounce of credit for pushing back to Russian assault and frustrating Putin's desire to dominate Ukraine. We're at an inflection point in history for real. It comes along about every six or eight generations where things are changing so rapidly that we have to be in control folks. There's an ongoing battle in the world between autocracy and democracy. She Jinping the leader of china who I've talked about, spent more time with than any other world leader. Head Over 78 hours on either in person or on the telephone with him. And the fact of the matter is he just is straightforward about it. He says that democracy cannot be sustained in the 21st century, not *** joke. They cannot be sustained because things are moving so rapidly. Democracy required consensus and it's hard to get consensus. Therefore They can't keep up with an autocracy, one man rule. But that's not going to be the case if that happens, the whole world changes. And because of you in this first really battle, if you will for that to determine whether that's going to happen is because you're making it possible. They're making it possible for the Ukrainian people to defend themselves without us having to risk getting *** third world war by sending an american soldiers fighting Russian soldiers. My dad used to have an expression, he said, the only war worse than one that's intended and one that's unintended. You're allowing the Ukrainians to defend themselves. And quite frankly, they're making fools of the Russian military in many instances *** big part of the reason they've been able to keep up fighting and to make this war strategic failure for Russia, it's because the United States together, our allies and partners have had their back. The United States alone has committed more than 5500 javelins to Ukraine. You're changing the nation, you really are add to that significant supplies from our allies and partners as well as many thousands of other anti tank and anti air weapons, helicopters, armored vehicles, artillery, coastal defense systems. Before Russia attacked, we made sure that Russia had javelins and other weapons. The strength of the defenses of Ukraine was ready. Whatever happened in the last two months, we continue to move even more resources and equipment at *** rapid pace. In the Ukraine, we've made sure that there are no interruptions in the flow of equipment to Ukraine Since Russia invaded Ukraine just over two months ago, we have sent more than $3 billion dollars and security assistance to Ukraine alone, us not counting our allies and that money is *** direct investment in defending freedom and democracy itself. Because if you don't stand up to dictators, history has shown us they keep coming, they keep coming. Their appetite for power continues to grow. And every worker in this facility and every american taxpayer is directly contributing to the case for freedom. And that's something we can all be incredibly proud of in my view. Last week I sent Congress an excuse the point of personal privilege, talking like an old senator but sent *** supplemental budget, *** fancy way of saying we need more money to make sure the United States can continue to send weapons directly to the front lines of freedom in Ukraine and to continue to provide economic and humanitarian assistance help the Ukrainian people and I urge the Congress to pass this funding quickly to help Ukraine continue to succeed against Russian aggression just as they did when they won the battle of Kiev. And to make sure the United States and our allies can replenish our own stocks of weapons to replace what we've sent to Ukraine. As I said from the beginning, this fight is not going to be cheap, but caving to aggression would even be more costly. We either back the Ukrainian people as they defend their country and we stand by as Russia continues its atrocities and aggression. I know what the answer is. I think you all do too. I bet I know what the answer this plan is. There's something else here that to be understood being the arsenal of democracy also means good paying jobs for american workers in Alabama and the states all across America where defense equipment is manufactured and assembled. 265 people here at this plant are directly employed working on the javelin program. All told Lockheed Martin has brought nearly 3000 jobs to Alabama. The armed forces of the United States of America will continue to be the best armed, most capable fighting force in the history of the world. In order to do that. We have to make sure our vital defense supplies are getting the inputs and supplies they need to produce and protect and provide the full capacity. I learned on the tour today That each of the javelins you produce includes more than 200 semiconductors. I've been *** broken record as the press will tell you on our need to be able to produce more semiconductors in the United States. We invented the sucker going to the moon. We the United States, We're the ones that modernizing. We've done more than anybody else. But guess what? We stopped investing in ourselves. We stopped investing in ourselves. And so now we're back in the game making sure that we become, we become the primary producers of those semiconductors. Computer chips have power much of our modern lives when our phones, our cars. Almost anything that has an on off switch and the semiconductor is critical the defense production capacity as you all know better than I do. That's why we're making it as hard as we can for Russia to get hold of these semiconductors and advanced technologies that we could use to upgrade its military during this conflict. And why we're taking steps to make it easier to source what we need here in the United States during the global semiconductor shortage. And just one more. There's just one more reason why Congress has to act quickly to provide the emergency funding from the so called chips act by passing *** broader bipartisan Innovation Act. So we can produce tens of millions of these chips. There's something we have to focus on and it's something I've focused on from my earliest days of our administration, I'm determined to make sure the United States hold this technological high ground in competition with the nations, especially china as we move forward folks. You know, we, we used to invest as *** nation years ago, 35 years ago, we invested 2% of our entire GDP and research and development. We do half of that. We do half of that. We should be number one in the world. Now, we're number 13 in the world. My administration, we're changing that. The United States used to own the innovation field. In fact, the Department of Research program that he's established, DARPA, the first development of an antitank missile with advanced infrared guidance systems culminating today's travel, the bipartisan Innovation Act. It's going to help reverse decades long decline in federal research and development investment and it should create and support entire families and expand us manufacturing and strengthen our national security. Where in God's name is it written that the United States can no longer be *** leading manufacturer in the world. We've created just in the last 17 months, 465,000 permanent manufacturing jobs in America. We have the best workers, the most competent employees, the best science in the world. And by funding the chips act. We're going to ensure the semiconductors, the power of the economy and our National security are made here in America again today, all, all the world's most advanced chips are made overseas. But the events of the past few years have proven beyond *** doubt that America's security should never be held hostage to events overseas. Not *** pandemic, not *** war, not the politics of ambition or other countries fundamentally. There is the nationalistic and national security issue. This is one of the reasons why the chinese Communist Party is lobbying folks to oppose this bill and it's an issue that unites democrats and republicans. So let's get it done. Let's get it done. An introduction, linda said she personally touched every single solitary Javelin 50,000 manufacturing this plant. 20 years ago. I was worried to shake your hand. I thought you might be electrocuted, but that's where they start right here with american skill, american craftsmanship, american patriotism. And just *** few days ago, the Wall Street Journal quoted *** young Hungarian fighter saying, and I quote, without the javelins would have been very hard to stop the enemy pushing ahead end of quote. So these weapons touched by the hands, your hands are in the hands of Ukrainian heroes. Making *** significant difference. That's something each and every day you could and should be proud of. I'm once more urging Congress to quickly pass this supplemental funding bill Over $300 billion dollars to help the Ukrainians so they can keep and keep all of the very, very all of you are very, very busy for *** while here. So the again, let me end where I began. I came from. Basic reason from the bottom of my heart to say thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you what you do. Thank you for your continued. Unless you go out in the field and see it, you don't realize what *** difference you're making. Thank God bless you all and may God protect our troops. Thank you so much.