And that is what we need and lack today, I think--a bipartisan acceptance of what our national strategy really is.

I welcome this reassessment of our force structure requirements, which is the subject of today's hearing.

Failure to do that is just going to create a cliff that really will ripple through our entire Armed Forces if we don't get it right.

But we must not let further decline in either our Navy fleet or our maritime commerce undermine our position.

I want to applaud Administrator Jaenichen for his efforts to alert Congress to this issue.

I appreciate your shout out to Katherine Hackett from East Haddam, Connecticut, who is really kind of an iconic story of the Great Recession.

Shipbuilding is the long game, and that we did as a nation take a holiday.

I give Chairman Kline all the credit in the world for moving a bill, a law that had not been changed since the Clinton Administration.

An unfunded authorization is kind of like a get well card to somebody who is sick, it does not really fix the problem.

28,000 people lost their lives to accidental overdoses, as you pointed out, in 2014.

I just wondered if you could just sort of talk about your perspective on that, you know, the administration's willingness to work with us, who really want to get folks who are on standby ready to help with a solution.

Your portfolio is about as complex and broad as any in government, and I think you are doing an outstanding job.

In a few moments this morning, I will be introducing a House resolution, a bipartisan House resolution, with Congressman Don Young from the State of Alaska calling on the Senate to, once and for all, ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law…

The tankers, bombers, and airlift programs that fall under the projection forces side of our panel's oversight serve as the backbone of our Nation's ability to conduct operations and preserve our Nation's interests around the world.

Congress, obviously, has shown a pretty clear and continued interest in C-130H engine and propeller upgrades that have provided increased efficiency.

On December 22, 2015, Zachary Paul-Allen Greenough, a veteran of the U.S. Army, lost his life to an accidental overdose of heroin in the city of West Haven, Connecticut. The press accounts after his death, unfortunately, tell a story that…

I firmly believe that what this subcommittee and the rest of Congress does about national defense and military readiness will be a defining issue.

That is good news. And, with regards to Increment 2, again, it looks like the budget that was submitted this year, you moved up the compliance to 2028, which, last year, I think we were out in the 2030s or 2040s or something, so.

Thank you for working with the committee last year as we have an, obviously, high degree of member interest.

The need to modernize and recapitalize these aircraft and their capabilities is increasingly critical.

Again, I think we learned again the harm recently when the Hague Convention denied the U.S. request to intervene on the Philippine claims in the South China Sea.

The testimony we have had just in the last 2 days from two of our major combatant commanders... has really underscored the seapower challenges.

I find that kind of striking because yesterday your colleague, Admiral Harris, made precisely the same recommendation.

Myself and Congressman Don Young are going to introduce a bipartisan resolution in the House.

Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary, which borders on three states.