The investigation into this tragedy should guide our decisions going forward to prevent these kinds of tragedies and to provide support for our sailors and Marines.

We have to recognize that the Budget Control Act is looming in the background and will have to be dealt with.

Long-term, I think we need to recognize we can't continue to rely entirely on fossil fuels.

I have to say that I am astounded that the Navy, upon whose assessments we rely in making decisions...

The mindless cuts to defense and non-defense programs were meant to be so bad that Congress would be forced to find an alternative way forward.

The number one consumer of fossil fuels in the country and maybe the world is the Department of Defense.

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I am really worried that to the extent that an infrastructure package is predicated on that, that it is not really an infrastructure package.

I think it is reasonable to complete the pilot programs and to assess out what is palatable, what makes the most sense as policy.

It is not trivial that the administration is at least recognizing we have a revenue shortfall and that it is going to get worse.

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We actually don't know the scope of this problem. We don't know in terms of raw numbers or by sector necessarily in which sectors this is the biggest problem.

We think that this data is absolutely insufficient to form our policies around.

Excuse me. My time has expired. I appreciate it. Thank you.

It's not often that we have unanimity on this Committee, but you certainly have it here in terms of our commitment to solve this problem.