Thad Cochran: “I believe this is going to be an important asset for us to have, particularly with increased drilling up in the Arctic…”

Could you tell us more about the telehealth services you offer and some of the successes the University of Mississippi in particular, has experienced through telehealth.

We appreciate very much your leadership in the research effort and we commend you and those who work with you for helping make sure we have what we need in order to make our nation safe and secure.

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

I understand that the Army's unfunded requirements list includes a $3.1 billion increase in end strength beyond the fiscal year 2017 NDAA mandate.