It is even more clear that a business does not have a right to take a Fifth if it's a corporation.

When the Army purchases parachutes, it relies on the engineers at U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center to develop a specification addressing the military's unique requirements.

I believe that testing is critically important.

Why is the Marine Corps considering going from a very reliable system to one that because of the geometry is almost certainly less reliable?

The Marine Corps has a large number of PARIS, Special Application Parachute (``SAP'') canopies that are high glide in inventory but that are seldom used.

The sports parachute industry has been unable to develop reliable high glide canopies.

Ship construction is a long game and requires steady funding to achieve steady progress.

Both China and Russia are able to compete on a global scale, in all domains, and at competitive speed.

The future fleet must be timely--we need this more powerful fleet in the 2020s, not the 2040s.

Unfortunately, I do not see steady progress towards fulfilling the goal of attaining a 355-ship Navy.

It is time to get serious and match our peer competitors with aggressive ship construction initiatives.

I am reminded of the words of John F. Kennedy himself, a proud Navy officer, when he said that history has taught us that control of the seas means security.

I appreciate the crucial investments in readiness, but the fact that we are actually taking a backwards step when it comes to shipbuilding is incredibly troubling.

I just would hope that we talk about strategically what is necessary before we get into fiscally what we need to achieve.

I believe we are going to be severely tested with the current element of our Ready Reserve Force.

our capacity there and ability to sustain in a major conflict is really being stretched to the point where I think it becomes strategically problematic.

I think that is critical. And we would like to continue the discussion with you and see a concrete proposal for 2019.

Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute and offer my deep appreciation to Randy Bookout for his many years of dedicated service as a professional staff member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, SSCI. Randy joined the…