I hope that the risks taken on by delaying some of these projects will be mitigated as additional MILCON funds become available.

I believe that there is enough on the commander's plate, and the fact that there is just entirely too many conflicts of interest...

So while there have been some improvements, then given the severity of the problem, more can be done?

The subsequent bill includes provisions that support Native Hawaiians even more than the Pre-K Act by including Native Hawaiians in the eligibility for Native set asides; requiring Native consultation in the development of the state plans…

I know that there's pressure everywhere in the DOD budget; tradeoffs have to be made while managing RIFs.

Let us just tell perpetrators: 'don't rape.' Okay. So you get all the perpetrators in a room and tell them 'don't rape,' but you are still going to allow them to serve?

The figures are some 22,000-plus sexual assaults occur in the military in a given year, and only a very insignificant number of these crimes are ever reported to the chain of command.

In March 2013, Senator Mazie Hirono introduced S. 519, the Pre-K Act to direct the U.S. Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to enhance or improve State-funded preschool programs.

You, too, support removing the chain of command from the decision to prosecute these crimes?

I want to start by saying that I am disappointed in the overall MILCON reductions, as I am sure all of you are.

If I don't have to deal with sexual assault and I can continue going on with what my mission is, to make the unit ready... they would like to do that.