I want to know how we can keep the Comfort in Baltimore?

I was stymied in this institution, okay? I was stymied in this institution on taking a look at this.

USNS Comfort has been homeported in Baltimore since 1987 and is a crucial tool of America's 'smart power' strategy.

We are losing out on ourselves, aren't we?

I've now heard about promising science, and I'm going to continue to support it, but the promise of science needs to have deliverables.

I think we need to stop this bashing of our Federal employees.

We came together, and we really moved on a national agenda, and this then goes to, picking up on Senator Shelby, the acceleration of drugs.

We hope that we have the adequate resources, and at the same time, we are deeply troubled that, as Federal employees are under attack, they seem to forget that you are the Federal employees we need and we turn to in the national interest.

Have you looked at the hurricane impact?

We are a Navy State. We love our Army presence... But we are crazy about the Navy.

I don't know the military lingo. I just know----

I understand we are in a frugal environment. That has been the point of the testimony and many of your comments.

We feel real bad that we are going to lose the Comfort.

All of the women in the Senate--and we don't have a caucus, we just come together on where we can find common ground--are very concerned about women in the military, their ability to serve and to be promoted and utilized in every capacity.

I think their service ought to count, and I think it ought to count in every State in the United States of America.

The budget presented to implement this strategy... ensures the Navy and Marine Corps will be able to fully execute this strategy.

All of the women in the Senate... are very concerned about women in the military, their ability to serve and to be promoted.

I want to talk to my colleagues about how we can promote the First Lady's initiative not only in the budget.

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

I assure the Congress, the American people, and those who would seek to do our Nation harm, that we will be focused on warfighting, operating forward, and being ready.

To have that kind of dedication characterized in the way that seems to be done in a sweeping way by people talking about Federal employees as if they are somehow a parasite upon the public is really deeply hurtful.

this ongoing hazing, harassment, snarky comments, throwaway one-liners

But why gang up on them? Why try to single them out?

The goal was two things: one, not only to improve access, but by improving quality, we could save lives and save money.

the prevention money has been used as a bank to fund other things