So this is another area where we have to work together.

I have a feeling now that we are having a somewhat similar experience of it will never happen again.

It strikes me that the overall impression from this hearing is that we are really in a situation, particularly with sequestration, where readiness and modernization are in competition with each other.

we need to hear about the effects particularly of the sequestration because it will not do to have a crisis that we are unable to respond to adequately

For a long time, the Joint Strike Fighter has been a program on paper, but we've not had the opportunity to hear or receive feedback from the test pilots and others who are directly involved in the testing and evaluation of this airplane.

But that 306 number in 24 years is based upon no sequestration.

But is it safe to say that if sequestration continues into the indefinite foreseeable future, we will have a substantial impact on shipbuilding?

The Benghazi situation taught us that timeliness of response is important.

I was frankly surprised that the 306-ship goal would not be reached for 24 years.

I want to start by saying we all want our food to be safe, and every day we hear about a concern that people have about making sure our food is safe.

Thank you very much for being with us here today. It has been fascinating to hear the wide-ranging level of information that you have to cover.

I am looking forward to working closely with the FDA. This is...an issue that I have heard probably as much about as anything else...

Alzheimer's is a terrible disease that exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on both the individual and the family.

If nothing is done to stop or slow this disease, Alzheimer's will cost the United States an astonishing $20 trillion over the next 40 years.

In many ways, Alzheimer's has become the defining disease of my generation.

I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you have called this very important hearing to examine the enormous toll that Alzheimer's disease is taking on our nation and to assess the progress since the enactment of the National Alzheimer's Project Act in 2011.

And, fortunately, and in part due to the investments that we have made in research for those diseases, we do have some treatments, means of delaying the onset, even in some cases cures, and that is what is so troubling on the Alzheimer's side, is that we can do so little.

Section 231 of title 10, United States Code, requires the Secretary of Defense to provide the Annual Naval Vessel Construction Plan.