Will the impact of sequestration be enough to prevent you from getting to the 50 percent savings goal by 2020?
Jeanne Shaheen
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Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire, a position she has held since January 3, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to be elected governor of New Hampshire, serving from 1997 to 2003. During her tenure in the Senate, Shaheen has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and national security, often advocating for policies that support working families and promote economic growth.
I appreciate that, although the report suggested that there were some projects that had gone forward without sufficient notification to the appropriate committees in Congress.
I want to start with BRAC, which probably does not surprise any of you, but I want to talk about it in the context of what is happening overseas.
I want to follow up--we're going to do at least one more round. I have some additional questions.
I want to go now to one of the issues that I have been very concerned about and very appreciative of the lead that the DOD, and particularly all of our branches of the military have taken, around energy use.
I was struck, in your testimony, when you talk about canceling the majority of depot maintenance.
I want to go back to the European infrastructure question because there was one piece of it that I did not get to.
I certainly hope that the urgency about expediting it will be conveyed to DOD.
I guess my concern--and I am still not clear on how or whether you think it is appropriate to address it--is the oversight of the projects that are undertaken.
New Hampshire is very much a small business state, as you know. 96 percent of our employers are small businesses.





