Roger Wicker

The good news about these very valuable safety-net programs is that we don't have to cut them.

I have been an advocate, gentlemen, of giving the Ukrainian military the weapons they need to get the job done.

We're going to lose a crop of undergraduate pilots?

I am concerned about that valley because, as we go through it, it not only puts a greater operational strain on our attack submarine force to do all those missions with fewer boats, it can also, in the eyes of competitor countries, be…

In fact, this committee put a business case analysis requirement in the fiscal year 2018 NDAA to look at reactivation options.

Well, thank you for four excellent examples of testimony. Mr. Clark, you say we first need to get started with the first year. I could not agree more.

Well, we just do not have the bipartisan votes.

If we sent out the clear signal this year and next year that we are going to do this and that we are going to put the money where it is needed and we are serious about it in the long run, what actions do you think the Chinese Army/Navy…

I think I heard you say that getting to the 355 ships solves not only a modernization problem, but it solves a readiness problem.

Thank you very, very much. I think this has been most helpful, and we had great participation from some seven members of the subcommittee.

I just think we ought to be looking at all alternatives and thinking outside the box.

Are you heartened that he says we can do it 18 years?

If they do not put a firm analytical foundation under this effort, there will be a risk of this effort also experiencing difficulties in execution in the years ahead.

This is going to be our third attempt in the last 15 years to try and get right the issue of smalls surface combatant procurement.

Anytime that you cause a ship or require a ship to be good at all things, you are going to drive up the cost factor on this.

I believe that the ship should provide self-air defense, but we, as has already been testified to, have been buying excess capacity of air defense in the Burke-class for a number of years.

I think the Navy needs to, instead of opening a wide aperture and seeing what comes in, make some choices about what they need this ship to do.

I think would be very regrettable.

This legislation would serve in improving the health of seniors with chronic conditions

Imagine the incredible impact that this technology could have if Medicare would allow its most vulnerable beneficiaries to use something like remote patient monitoring.

Our bill would lift Medicare restrictions on the use of telehealth and improve coverage of remote patient monitoring.

I would like to commend the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee for their years of work to address the cost and quality of chronic care in America.

Is there some recommendation you would have to this Committee about streamlining the rules or making the process more efficient?

What about the backlog of species petitions awaiting review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife?

How do you set a different time on an ad hoc basis, though?