Jeanne Shaheen

What kind of educational development efforts go along with the kind of program implementation that you are talking about?

Are you in agreement with Mr. Powner that accurately reflecting the level of risk involved in a project is helpful in managing it properly?

They have also reported to us in the current review that their savings alone could match OMB's government-wide goal of $3 billion by the end of 2015.

DOD has done a really good job when it comes to data centers, Chairwoman Shaheen.

We continue to work in a time-honored bipartisan fashion on this subcommittee and I sincerely appreciate that we have been able to reach agreement on so many issues.

It is our solemn duty to ensure our Army is prepared to fight when called upon.

The legislation contains no mandates and it also provides no additional cost to the Federal Government.

Energy efficiency is the cheapest, fastest way to deal with our energy needs.

It is a win in terms of job creation, a win in terms of saving taxpayers money and a win on the environment.

Hopefully that will allow this to move forward along with some of the other important provisions in that bill.

According to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Shaheen/Portman, if it were passed this year, by 2025 would create 136,000 new jobs.

What it would do is really set a national energy efficiency strategy.

I would just like to add a modification to my colleague's comment about the 123 Agreement.

I sent a letter last week to Cathy Ashton, the U.N. High Representative, and to ambassadors of all of those countries which had expressed an interest in trade delegations, expressing my concern about the kind of message that that sends to…

The U.S. Government broke faith with them may result in poorer performance, antagonistic feelings, and even negative influences on prospective recruits.

I certainly hope that all three of you will be confirmed very expeditiously--that you will look at whatever action we can take to support the Syrian refugees who clearly are facing a very dire future.

Is this something that we expect to be discussed as part of that dialogue?

One of the comments you made was about Prime Minister Abadi and efforts that he was making in Iraq to reach out to the Sunnis.

It's still not clear to me what you're saying about what circumstances would suggest that lethal assistance is the best course of action.

It's very hard to do long-term strategic planning with short-term budgeting.

I believe that the sooner we can get the sequester reversed, the better off we are.

I wonder if you could define how long we have to solve this problem before it becomes long-term irreversible.

I would like to start, Admiral Harris, with you, and thank you for taking the time to come in and meet with me.

You mentioned in your testimony that there are risks associated with stepping aside and allowing Sunni and Shite groups to continue to engage each other in armed conflict.

Will the Army's Regionally Aligned Forces initiative provide additional opportunities for collaboration?