Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"You know, it is my job to fight to keep the Comfort----"

"Our job is to protect them. And deployment and the rate of deployment, the ratio of deploy-to-dwell has a dramatic, demonstrable effect now."

"The Comfort, since the Comfort has deployed since 1987, I think, 9 or 10 times, two-thirds of that has been during hurricane season."

"But this alcohol thing is big. And it also impedes the ability to serve and to be fit for duty."