Jeanne Shaheen

I think sometimes that gets lost in the debate around energy that it is really not just about saving money and being more efficient. It is also about the national security imperative.

One of the things that I have been very impressed by is the Navy's diversifying its energy resources and the ability to use efficiencies both on base and in terms of the fleet.

Does it break out how the differences by ship, by shipyard, by year, by project in a way that provides some insight on what could be done to improve operations with respect to completing projects?

I think it is very appropriate that you have waived those requirements, and hopefully we can get that fixed for the long term.

Speed is life. If you're static, that's when you're most likely to be a target.

I continue to oppose another BRAC round for many reasons.

It helps us be good stewards of the taxpayers' money.

I hope that we can continue to ensure that we make the investment, the capital investment that we need to make in our shipyards.

I appreciate everyone's interest in being identified as-- with their branch in the military, but it seems to me, when we're talking about combat uniforms, since, before 2002, everybody wore the same combat uniforms, that it's--we should…

I was very pleased, Admiral Howard, to hear your commitment to the Shipyard Modernization Program.

For us, energy independence is directly tied to our warfighting effectiveness.

When I have people say to me that, on the per diem that they get under the new regulations, that they can't afford to go out for dinner.

Perhaps you should share that information with the vehicle fleets that the government maintains, because--the rest of government--because I think that's--we have a--awful lot of idling vehicles out front.

I think it's more about our combat effectiveness and how we address our vulnerabilities because of our dependence on energy.

We have to look at the entire blanket and not look at these as isolated issues.

Europe is probably at the lowest level of self-confidence seen in modern times.

The problem with U.S. policy right now, is that Russia looks at what is happening. They look at the entire blanket.

Those are things that take time. And as I am watching what is happening in Ukraine, people want to see something happen now.

Do we not have to assume that whatever Russia is doing is going to have some impact on what happens in Ukraine?

I was in Ukraine with several other Senators back in October, and it was shortly after Russia made its move into Syria.

I believe that institutions themselves need to have a vested interest in the amount of debt their students take on and can successfully repay.

We should not be doing things here in Congress that hinder the innovation that we need in the country.

We need to make sure that the FAA is operating, that they know what they are expecting, and that this is critical.

As we talk about the challenges at the FAA, one of the things that would help a lot to allowing them to move forward more expeditiously is to reauthorize the FAA

I have introduced the Wildfire and Emergency Airspace Protection Act, which would make it a federal crime to knowingly operate a recreational drone that interferes with disaster response efforts.