I'm glad that you noted that there are willing sellers, but they're not going to wait forever. So the sooner we move ahead with funding this fund, the better off we will be.

it is really, in my view, unconscionable and we should move forward with that funding.

A big deal for Hawaii as we move toward our clean energy goals.

It's a good suggestion.

I rise to urge my colleagues to pass a clean appropriations bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security, DHS. Listening to my friend the Senator from Utah, it is very clear that the Republicans' position on this bill that is before…

I know we are on a path to base 60 percent of our ships in the Pacific.

The Army continues to assure its partners and allies through forward presence, rotational forces, military partnership engagements and exercises.

Mr. Welby, what technologies would you want to develop to support this idea?

I would ask you to have a sense of urgency as you respond to this committee on how you are going to address and resolve the issue of retaliation.

Although the combatant commanders (such as PACOM) are the ones who actually execute military operations...

The most important thing I think the rebalance to the Pacific does is it provides a security infrastructure within which we could advance our National interests.

There are always issues relating to making sure that we are in concert with the concerns of the community.