General Jumper, there have been reports in the press regarding an Air Force policy which authorizes Air Force pilots to take amphetamines called 'go pills' as a 'fatigue-management tool.'

last year, I supported a legislative proposal with my friend Senator Max Cleland, which called for an increase in end strength based on your personnel requirements.

I am impressed that you have been able to accelerate development and construction of Littoral Combat Ships in this year's budget.

What has happened to transformation?

The Army reported to the committee that they may need 42,000 to 43,000 additional soldiers, the Air Force 22,000 to 30,000 additional airmen, the Navy 10,000 additional sailors, and the Marine Corps an additional 5,000 marines.

what effect will this have on those E-1s on the lower end of the pay scale with respect to getting the last of our military personnel off of food stamps, or will we backslide and be putting personnel back on food stamps?

what time line are we looking at for OSD's desired bureaucratic reforms to actually have an impact on the battlefield for our warfighters?

I continue to be troubled by your Service's push to lease 100 KC-767 tankers under terms that are clearly a disservice to the taxpayers of this country.

I was surprised to learn that the Navy has elected not to include the Cockpit Air Bag System (CABS)...

General Jumper, an article in the Wall Street Journal on February 12, 2003 reported the Air Force will pay the Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin Corporation $538 million to keep both companies in the rocket-launch business because of the…

A large German insurance company has estimated that global warming could cost $300 billion annually by 2050 in weather damage, pollution, industrial and agricultural losses, and other expenses.

Thank you, Dr. Mahoney. Let me just tell you what bothers me a little bit about the voluntary thing before we close here.

one of the objections to Kyoto, and there are several, is that developing nations are not included;

Absent U.S. participation, how long do you think it'll be before it's a pretty robust business?

I thank you for the work you've done on it.

Senator McCain. Can you divine the reasons why--Ms. Claussen, why, given this overwhelming body of evidence, that there would be a reluctance at least to start beginning to put into place the policies that would reduce the threat of…

Senator McCain.--the United States of America should act?

The European Union just recently approved an emissions trading system.