Daniel Inouye

I can assure you that the subcommittee is well aware that the men and women who serve in uniform are all volunteers.

So I can assure you that if we are to maintain this strong military posture, we will have to look into military families.

I can assure that this subcommittee is well aware of the shortage of nurse anesthetists.

So we are going to do our very best.

The Senator from Rhode Island is correct about the intent of the funding provided here. As the Senator knows, the Appropriations Committee's capacity to provide additional funding for disaster recovery is constrained by the President's…

I hope that the lessons we learn will be taken very seriously.

It is imperative, however, that we understand what happened to cause this accident.

I am confident that both the Coast Guard and NOAA... are doing all they can to lead the government's response efforts.

There is definitely a need in Native communities for development of financial services that could include small leveraged capital investments.

I have seen that in many parts of Indian country, the economic and social conditions are equally as dire as those found in 'lesser developed countries' around the world.

The IDFC as provided for in Senator Inouye's bill, S.439, will simply not be able to engage in the kind of 'risky' investments and banking practices that are cause of such public concern today.

I think the development bank that Senator Inouye's bill proposes to establish provides some very important tools...

I continue to be impressed by the success of the Aegis missile defense program.

It is my understanding that the Department of Veterans Affairs has done an extremely good job when it comes to both hiring veterans, and utilizing service-disabled veterans small businesses to execute contracts.

We cannot allow new safe havens to be created elsewhere as we tighten the stranglehold on al Qaeda's senior leadership in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region.

I realize that, in the bureaucratic discipline, all of you are called upon to tell us that everything is fine, that we have all the equipment we need and the budget is fine.

We are committed to minimizing turbulence to Soldiers and their Families while providing the most effective and efficient trained and ready units.

We must maintain current levels of predictability while making plans to increase it.

I have no doubt that Admiral Papp will fulfill his duties admirably, if confirmed.

The role of the Coast Guard in protecting national security is on par with the other services.

I wish to congratulate the nominees appearing before the Committee today and to thank them for their commitment to public service.

It seems clear to me that the Commission needs to do more to protect innocent consumers.

However, size alone should not be the basis for approving or disapproving mergers.

The key factor is how the merger will impact the quality and affordability of services available to consumers and whether the merger will be in the public interest.

There is no question that a proposed merger between Comcast, the Nation's largest video programming distributor, which also happens to be the Nation's largest residential broadband provider, and NBC Universal, the fourth-largest media and…