"Let's see here. So today's witnesses oversee a diverse set of programs that are all of great interest to this committee."
"We do pay attention to polar security cutters."
"The committee has become aware of a document produced by the Navy and the Marine Corps Public Health Center..."
"if he is in charge of resolving an issue, that you are going to get a satisfactory outcome. He is--he takes it head on, and has done a wonderful job."
"I want to make quite sure that the commanders and the officers responsible for the installations are given both the responsibility and the authority to solve the problem on their bases."
"when a contract mandates mediation, and then that contract has loser-pay provisions in it, that would--could effectively force a soldier to pay 100 percent of their annual income to carry a housing co..."
"As we review and prepare for the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act], we will look specifically for that piece of it."
"It is very obvious to me that the principal problem here was a lack of attention to this issue."
"Thank you. Without objection, your statement and the statement of all of the witnesses will be entered into the record."
"This committee heard from a panel of very courageous military spouses who told us of the unhealthy and unsanitary living conditions."
"Equally disturbing is the fact that when these families reached out to their chain of command for help, instead of getting the support that they desperately needed, they received shrugs of indifferenc..."