The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower convenes this afternoon to examine Navy shipbuilding programs.

There are hundreds of stories like that.

My home State of Mississippi is especially vulnerable to natural disasters, and the memory of Hurricane Katrina still remains fresh.

I should announce that the hearing is adjourned.

I applaud your efforts and have been very happy that NOAA has contributed technical drafting assistance to your staff.

sequestration had not only been devastating to DoD, but it had been devastating to programs like this, that really are also very much involved in the security of Americans, safety of Americans.

Well, it's just an awful tragedy. And you hate to bring up these matters of human error, but we might as well talk about them.

So would you explain that to members of the Committee and to the public who are listening to us today?

The investigators were unanimous in this conclusion.

He should have turned the ship in a different direction.

This is the very reason we're having this hearing. Thank you very much for emphasizing that.

We're going to allow members two weeks to submit questions for the record.

The report points that--to the fact that the captain did not use the most currently available weather information.

With President Trump signing the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, have the attitudes or the morale in NASA, how would you gauge that as the administrator?

I have urged Administrator Pekoske to commit to building a labor-management relationship at TSA and addressing issues with the employees' elected exclusive representative.

Year after year, TSA has failed to prioritize requesting significant funding for salary increases or longevity pay, leading to unacceptable attrition rates.

After seeing how weak the previous Administration was on crime, I am happy to see this Administration makes steps to toughen up on criminal and gang activity.

It is my hope that your Department will remain committed to work to ensure that the Center is rebuilt to full capacity.