The Southeast Asian allies and likeminded partners are going to be key going into the future.

I would like to see the U.S.-Philippine relationship grow much, much stronger.

I would say that that is a priority.

Without the contribution that the Jones Act brings to the support of our industry there is a direct threat to national defense.

I would hate to think of an Iranian ship that has LNG that's sitting in the middle of St. Louis' port.

If the fiscal year 2015 NDAA is executed and the transfer of AH-64 Apaches from the Army National Guard (ARNG) to the Active Component (AC) is not delayed or hindered in any way, AH-64 Apaches will arrive in Hawaii in May 2016.

Jungle Warfare training is an important capability which the United States has not had since the closure of the Jungle Training School in Panama.

I would like to keep it that way, coming from Hawaii as I do.

We had an Armed Services Committee hearing this morning talking about how important the Asia-Pacific area is to national security and the stability of that part of the world, as other parts of the world continue to be unstable.

Would you all agree that cybersecurity is an ever-changing environment? It is like the new arms race.

I represent a state that is 90 percent dependent on shipping and the Jones Act does provide us with that reliable service.