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Let me just applaud the Department's efforts and impressive progress.

I certainly appreciate, this has been one of the ongoing issues that has been from Congress to Congress, the issue of Guam.

Let me just note again, my going-in position is that I am opposed to BRAC, but I would like this information.

I want to thank all of you. I would just start, as I mentioned in my opening statement, Secretary McGinn, I wanted to follow up, which I had raised in the full Armed Services Committee yesterday, about the reprogramming requests for the…

BRAC was created as a copout, so that somehow we wouldn't have to make these decisions.

You can appreciate where we don't want to build municipal water projects, but we want to help the Navy.

I think this is probably not just an issue at Portsmouth but maybe an issue elsewhere, at all of our facilities.

So that one has been delayed, and it has been delayed from 2015 to 2018.

the concept of 'acquisitions reform' has been around for many decades, however we have witnessed major weapons programs taking a longer time to develop with greater cost and risk to taxpayer money.

Training simulation accounts were severely cut due to sequestration, yet they can provide significant cost savings.

I think one of our goals in this acquisition reform is actually to streamline and to actually make this a more efficient yet accountable system.

it seems to me very important that we stay on track to continue building the two Virginia-class submarines a year.

I continue to be concerned about the use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) contracts for specialized gear.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Jonathan Myrick Daniels

Madam President, this past weekend we saw a huge commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march. I rise to honor the work and sacrifice of Jonathan Myrick Daniels. He was a young Episcopalian seminary…