01/14/2009
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"If you keep deploying ships more than 7 months a year, you're not going to keep good people in the Navy."
"The lives of the 17 sailors lost in the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions were priceless, and I mourn their loss."
"One of the reasons why you are having to impose these burdens and the extended deployments and the lack of readiness is because of sequestration."
"I commend the Committee for its leadership in proceeding with a hearing on the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017."