Mazie Hirono actually said...

I am encouraged to see from the President's budget request that ship depot maintenance ... is a top priority for the Navy.

I think that a 2-year budget deal will help. And I hope that is the way that we will proceed from now on, without these continual CRs.

Do you have similar concerns that only about 30 percent of high schoolers can even qualify to join the military?

I would really welcome Rand Paul being much more consistent. So why he didn't do this with the tax bill which should have died in my opinion...