I want to echo the concerns many of my colleagues have already raised about both the changes to the climate accord, the Paris Accord, and also just the cuts at the Department.

I hope that you will take that into consideration in your conversation with him.

Our residents are worried about inability to get insurance and mortgages on sea level rising, ocean acidification which hurts our shellfish industry.

the idea that we would be making cuts to an already underserved population is really unthinkable.

I am concerned that there is nine programs that are zeroed out.

I did not know and I was kind of disappointed to find out that it was the next day that it got added to the list.

there was a lot of public process.

The cost would be of shoehorning a modern combat system into an old hull.

I do want to put a statement in the record, with your permission, talking about language that we put into the omnibus regarding the remaining funding for procurement of a third DDG-51 for a 'swap ship,' as it is called.

the Navy must get to work now to build more ships.

You mentioned you are concerned about the readiness of the fleet, a concern that I share.

I am thrilled that you are going to be there because I think you will have an opportunity to see what a wonderful area it is.

Now we are in this, and we want to take advantage of the economic opportunity.

By the way, I discovered firsthand a defect in the design of the George Washington-class aircraft carrier.

I hope we can coerce you into making some changes in this budget as we move along.

Is the intelligence community, Director Coats, doing an assessment of the nature and impact of the information revealed to the Russian Ambassador?

Which would you consider worse? A leak to the American people or a leak to the Russian Foreign Minister?

It is wrong to put our people in that position.