Angus King

And let's be clear, nobody here is advocating abandoning regulation or giving a free pass to any project.

I am really worried about grid vulnerability to cyberattack. Ukraine was a warning shot. How many warning shots do we need?

Particularly because you are developing projects that are, themselves, environmentally beneficial.

We don't want to give up the regulatory regime all together, but how we can scale the requirements to the size of the project so that we don't lose these resources.

I think one of the real problems here is what is the jurisdiction, what is the accountability for a former marine.

Let me just follow up with one quick question to what Mr. Tillis asked, and perhaps this is for the closed session.

Beyond this posting and being dumb about what they put online is the underlying--these guys apparently did not feel that they were doing anything wrong.

This is an indication to me of a serious cultural problem that goes beyond the specifics of orders.

What bothers me, General Neller, is that I am convinced that all of us human beings have the capacity to be good or evil.

I have gone from anger and disappointment to really sadness. This is a sad day for the Marine Corps and for our Armed Services.

I commend you for focusing in this budget on these issues of getting a higher level of maintenance and repair.

The real question is what ships do we have that are ready to fight.

I would like to know what that figure is for destroyers, amphibs, submarines.

Moving into construction before you have a mature design is a recipe for disaster.

I am totally in favor of multiyear contracts. It stabilizes the industrial base, saves the taxpayers money.

They do not want to sit at desks. They do not want to be PowerPoint warriors.

This cannot be only a monetary issue.

If what happened to the F-35 happens to the B-21, I am going to find you.

This is not a budget issue really. This is an organizational issue.

It is a shortage of a shortage.

I am concerned about Al Udeid.

I thought that the capacity and the size of the force and the capability and the modernization of the weapons systems did not meet that.

Secretary Mattis is leading a very rigorous and detailed strategic review of the defense planning guide.

That depends on what we are asked to do.

The fiscal year budget request holds the Army end strength at 476,000, 343,000 National Guard, 199,000 Reserve.