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.

If we're aware that a ship is not certified and ready to deploy, that ship should not deploy.

How does something like this occur over an extended period of time?

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 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.

Years of budget cuts, continuing resolutions, and sequestration have forced our military to maintain a high operational tempo with limited resources.

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.

it would have taken moral courage-- something he doesn't have--for President Trump to stand in front of the American people to say why he was going back on his word to ``deal with DACA with heart'' and help these ``absolutely incredible…

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?