I am pleased and proud to join my senior colleague from Maine, Senator Snowe, in offering him my strong support.
Chairman Boxer, Senator Inhofe, and members of the committee, I am delighted to testify today on behalf of Sandy Blitz.
I cannot imagine a better person for the President to have nominated than Sandy Blitz to be the first Federal Cochair of...
Economic development in all areas of our Nation is key to our country's economic recovery and expansion.
Although the President's fiscal year 2011 budget includes slight increases in MILCON and SRM funding, I remain concerned...
I would encourage you to take a close look at that approach, which has been used successfully in the past.
I view this as creating more opportunity for women in the Navy to go through the ranks.
I just want to pledge to work with you to make sure that you have the funding needed.
I want to associate myself with the comments made by the Senator from Hawaii about the importance of our public shipyard...
You have said strongly and repeatedly that you view 313 ships as the minimum for our fleet.
I know, from our discussions, that you also share my concern about the enormous increase in suicides in the Army.
6 years ago this week, at a hearing before the Personnel Subcommittee, you and I had a discussion about the problem of s...
Are you aware of any impact on combat effectiveness by the decision of our NATO allies to allow gays and lesbians to ser...
I support the change in direction.
I guess my concern is if you have the two current shipbuilders each building 10 ships...
Iran continues to fund, train, equip, and give some direction to residual Shia militias and extremist elements in Iraq.
General Petraeus, you testified that no captured terrorists in your AOR have been sent for detention in Guantanamo durin...
I want to bring up an issue that is an increasing problem in my State, and that is the problem of drug trafficking acros...
