"But, first of all, let me just say, Chairman Tester and Vice Chair Collins, who is being filled in by Senator Moran today, I'm really glad to join both of you to keep talking about the investments tha..."
"I expect to hear more following the Army's review of the safety procedures about how we are preventing future tragedies because at the end of the day the heart of our military isn't our weapons or our..."
"I want to make sure that these cold cases don't go unanswered."
"Do you think we need more resources?"
"We need more resources. We need everybody working together to try to tackle this issue."
"So is this the price that women are expected to pay to serve our Nation in our Marine Corps?"
"I have heard a lot of my colleagues talking about how we are just going to do a CR [Continuing Resolution] this year. That would be a complete and total disaster for the United States military, for th..."
"You can't both vote to cut the discretionary budget and then complain at the DOD for not spending enough money."
"I think it is safe to say that the USMC has a problem recruiting and retaining women."
"Modernization, I believe, is the most critical thing that we need to do to make sure that we have the Joint All-Domain Command and Control."
"It has not been an easy time to be in the positions that you are in. You have both done an outstanding job."
"I think the chairman has done a really good job of pulling those hearings together."
"It was recently brought to my attention that three Active Duty currently serving female USMC aviators in training have been retaliated against for reporting their military sexual trauma."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to start by echoing your last comment and thanking General Berger and Admiral Gilday for their leadership in these current positions."
"Eighty-one percent know that to be the case."
"I appreciate the chairman's leadership in getting us started on doing that again this year."
"We have this logical challenge here in terms of, here is what we would like to do, here is how much money we have."
"But sitting here on the Armed Services Committee, let's not kid ourselves about the impact that would have on what is supposed to be our paramount duty to defend this country if we passed a continuing..."
