Kay Hagan

I want to welcome everybody to our first meeting of this congressional year.

I'm looking forward to working together with you, Senator Fischer.

I think it's been a very good operation.

I appreciate you coming by my office to meet me. I am extremely impressed by your record as a prosecutor, and I look forward to you returning to public service.

I think you are doing a very good job.

I am concerned about the traffic issues, the accidents, and obviously the injuries associated with that.

I've spoken personally with a number of the female servicemembers and veterans that when they were deployed they actually stated that when they were at a forward operating base, they had to decrease their water intake so they wouldn't have…

In order to cover long distances in a relatively short amount of time requires higher speeds for both aircraft and weapons.

investing in transportation infrastructure there would be a smart and critical safety investment.

I think one of the key points was not to lower the standards.

I think we need to have a much larger focus and investments in STEM because not only does our military need individuals well-trained in that field, we are competing with industry right now and so many other factors.

I'd like to hear what you are doing on the front end of these attacks.

President Obama said that the Assad regime 'will be held accountable' for transferring chemical weapons to terrorists.

I just think it is imperative that we understand that sexual assault, sexual harassment, has absolutely no place in our military.

We have to take this seriously and do something about it.

the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime would constitute a red line, presumably meaning the United States would intervene militarily, if necessary.

I am committed to achieving an enduring culture change and hold leadership accountable.

there's simply nothing left in my mind for the public to doubt about the magnitude or relentless character of China's theft of American technology and other valuable business information.

As quickly as possible is defined as when?

For the U.S. housing market to continue on its path to recovery, consumers, lenders, and investors need clarity regarding the boundaries of mortgage lending.

Continual hiring to renew scientific and technical staff and broaden expertise is critical to future creativity.

If the sequester were to occur and the CR continues, this is the right thing to do.

What is the plan to recover from the extremely detrimental effects of the hiring freeze and impacts of sequestration?

the impact of sequestration and a full-year CR would return U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to fiscal year 2007 spending levels.

Secretary Carter, what will be the impact on facilities and maintenance of the DOD's test and evaluation ranges that are crucial to ensuring that DOD systems that are fielded are effective and suitable?