Many members of this committee have raised grave concerns about the terror attacks in Brussels on March 22.

Multiyear production and contracting, obviously, are a way to bring down costs, and this aircraft is our future.

I want to join in the remarks just made by the senior Senator from Illinois that we have an obligation to do our job and to provide a hearing and a vote for the President's nominee--not as a matter of discretion or convenience but as a…

I would just suggest amending your answer by substituting for the word 'risk' maybe the word 'courage' or 'vision' because the risk is simply failure, but failure is part of research.

The F-35 program, to quote you, is executing relatively well.

I want to focus on the Ohio Replacement Program, which you have identified as the Navy's top priority with the lead delivery plan for 2028, I believe.

You are not going to make that drug more available by putting it financially out of reach. That is the contradiction here.

to have a drug that is the gold standard that is available through discrete, specific channels, and then to say that a 5,000 percent price increase is necessary to invest in the means to reach that captive patient population just seems to…

You cannot come to this Committee and say, you know, I am Sergeant Schultz. I see nothing. I know nothing.

I think what the members of this Committee find offensive, with all due respect, is the apparent lack of remorse...

an important consumer right is under attack, under siege today in the United States Senate. It is the right to know what is in your food. A lot of consumers take for granted that they will read the ingredients on a package and they will…

I have long believed that decisions by women about their reproductive rights ought to be made by them in consultation with their family, their clergy, and, most important, with their doctors.

That's one of the reasons why Senator Markey and I have introduced this legislation.

I want to focus on the appeals process.

What we need to do is partly enable and empower them, and partly get out of their way, but at the same time hold them accountable.

I think the credibility and faith in the VA really hinge on addressing this issue effectively.

I am proud that Senator Patty Murray has worked so hard with me.

That is what Roe v. Wade essentially said. It is the right of privacy. It is a constitutional right.

In Connecticut, as you know, just to take one example, appeals are currently on hold because of the shift of resources to the initial filings of disability claims.

It really is a breakthrough moment for the Veterans Choice Program and for health care provided by the VA.

None of us on this panel is a doctor, and none of us in the United States Senate, or in Congress, or anywhere in Government, ought to be interfering with women's rights based on scientific decisions where we are completely unqualified to…

It is not fair to veterans, and it is not fair to a lot of the dedicated men and women who work at the VA because their reputations are tarnished by a system that simply is not working.

I would join, or offer to join, Senator Sullivan in working on this issue because I understand your position that a more streamlined, fair, efficient process is necessary for all veterans as soon as possible.

But, you can assure us that you will cover that cost without cannibalizing other VA services.

Could I please ask one last question, Mr. Chairman?