"One of the concerns I have about that tax is that it is not going to allow the development of new research and development and technologies."
"We want to be on the cutting edge of making sure that we get the best technology that is not only safe, but the lifesaving products to United States consumers in as fast as possible process while maki..."
"I just wanted to also add my support for the comments that Senator Lieberman made about what I see right now as an inherent contradiction in our policy of being able to obtain the objectives that we'v..."
"I think we all appreciate that it is important that we have safety measures to prevent these accidents."
"if there isn't a baseline accounting of these funds, how will you be able to assess the performance of DOD's goal to cut service contracts by 10 percent in each of the next 3 years, resulting in a sav..."
"What happens if the economy picks up, as we all hope it will?"
"can you provide your projection for annual military pay adjustments through fiscal year 2016 that contributed to your savings estimate?"
"Secretary Hale, the Army assumed an unemployment rate of over 9 percent through fiscal year 2015."
"The DOD effort to increase efficiencies will not wait for the out years."
"Secretary Hale, what economic projections were used to justify this rate?"
"I need to make sure that we are not relying on speculative economic assumptions in order to justify budget cuts."