So, what are you planning to change that situation?

So, I would be interested to know what you're doing with your control and operational and schedule pressures to address these concerns that have been raised in this hearing.

The Optimized Fleet Response Plan, the new fleet deployment and maintenance model, appears to be falling short.

Our Service Chiefs, including the Chief of Naval Operations, have testified repeatedly that the Budget Control Act and sequestration are endangering the lives of our men and women in uniform.

In the last 3 years, fatal training accidents have taken the lives of four times more servicemembers than our enemies have in combat.

Increases in operational tempo coupled with the limited number of ships and sailors likely lead to more deployments of longer duration.

The ongoing reviews directed by Secretary Spencer and Admiral Richardson must quickly get to the bottom of this and identify root causes, corrective actions, and further accountability actions.

I would want your commitment that in future actions you would bring to the table the stakeholders, such as the environmental people and the commercial people, before you take action.

If you become Chairman of FERC, will you commit to continuing FERC's information sharing with Hawaii?

I think what we are looking for is an open commitment to that kind of a process because apparently that has not always been thus at your Department.

I would like to note that wildfire risk is very high in Hawaii.