Jeanne Shaheen

Countries that have empowered women generally do better on everything from how they deal with human rights to a democracy scale.

I hope you will commit to working with us to improve this to make it even stronger than it is.

But they get undermined by a President who consistently refuses to hold Vladimir Putin accountable for what Russia has done in the United States.

I think those two are in conflict. And it is hard for me to understand how we can have a Secretary of State who is able to go to Russia and come to Congress and talk about the challenges and the threats that Russia faces to our democracy…

I have a letter here, Mr. Chairman, which I would like to submit for the record from the Government Accountability Office.

I would argue that that doesn't seem to be our view with respect to fossil fuels like oil and gas and nuclear.

Energy efficiency is the number one job creator within the clean energy economy and accounts for three out of four American clean energy jobs.

I was disappointed to see that the President's budget cut the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by more than 65 percent.

I think this is an effort that requires everyone in democracies, in the international community, in the free world, to point out the threat that is posed to all of us.

So how hard is it to address that kind of challenge when we have a President here in the United States in the White House who has refused to acknowledge Russian interference in elections in the United States and really throughout the world?

One of the reasons that they have been as successful as they have, I would argue, is because women have played an equal role in that society as it has been rebuilt.

We need to think about how we capture that, so that we get those kids excited to fill into those jobs.

I had the opportunity last week to visit something called the SeaPerch Challenge.

Their question is whether Congress and the Navy is as clear on what they need.

I think they are really important.

I think goes against all humanitarian assessment of what we should be doing.

When you raised the concerns about needing to respond to what Russia is doing to interfere with the potential elections coming up in 2018, that what you heard from the President was that you should do whatever you needed to, to thwart that.

That's critical if we're going to get the workforce we need for the future.

Bravo. This is exactly what we need to get people interested in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and manufacturing.

I support this effort. I think it is important to span the gap between 2021 and 2031, where we will need those submarines to address the threat that we face.

Do you believe that it is important for the U.S. Army to be ready to conduct large-scale combat operations in a cold weather environment?

I am concerned that that in your zeal to improve acquisition that you will be delegating too much decision making power...

I have not seen as much progress as I would have liked to have seen.

But it is probably something we should strive for.

There should be a standard across the nation in the Federal Government of how we are dealing with cyber.