"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 th..."
"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 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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Are you heartened that he says we can do it 18 years?"
"telehealth works."
"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."
"Our bill would lift Medicare restrictions on the use of telehealth and improve coverage of remote patient monitoring."
"Imagine the incredible impact that this technology could have if Medicare would allow its most vulnerable beneficiaries to use something like remote patient monitoring."
"this legislation would serve in improving the health of seniors with chronic conditions"