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I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin ) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

Madam President, first, let me thank my colleagues Senator Enzi, Senator Alexander, and Senator Heitkamp for their work on this important issue. Senator Alexander is right about the Federal ban on Internet access taxes. I also want our…

We appreciate the opportunity to testify today.

Would the addition of a 12th LPD-17 be of advantage to the fleet? Absolutely.

306 is the minimum requirement. That is the way the Navy puts it.

In my discussions with industry leaders, they expressed to me their concerns with the unsteady nature of the contract work they perform for the Navy.

Will the Navy have the resilience to avoid letting the shipyard make very inefficient, expensive production decisions?

Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce the Workforce Investments through Local Libraries Act or the WILL Act with Senator Cochran. During these challenging economic times, our one-stop system has been stretched to the limit. Stepping in…

I think the Senator has made some excellent comments.

I cannot think of a more complicated military operation than amphibious assault.

So your operation force would be, presumably, equipped with some of the sophisticated weapons that are available now.

Could I ask you when you conclude and have your results thoroughly vetted--would you be available either in an open or a closed session to come back and let us know about the lessons you have learned, particularly the lessons learned based…

Unit integrity is critical to us, obviously.

The force structure gap created between the inactivation of CVN-65 and the commissioning on CVN-78 was the direct result of previous DOD and Navy decisions.

Thank you very much, Admiral McCoy.

I suspect that the gap period has led to pressure to maintain the construction schedule at the expense of efficiency and total costs.