Mar 10, 2015
Our troops who put their lives on the line for our freedom and security should not be sent into harm's way with the cheapest equipment--they should go with the best equipment.
Kelly Ayotte
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Kelly Ayotte is a former United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving from January 5, 2011, to January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman to represent New Hampshire in the Senate. During her tenure, Ayotte focused on issues such as national security, fiscal responsibility, and education reform. She was known for her bipartisan approach and worked on various initiatives to strengthen the military and improve veterans' services.
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Mar 10, 2015
I think this is probably not just an issue at Portsmouth but maybe an issue elsewhere, at all of our facilities.
Mar 10, 2015
I wanted to thank you, Admiral Howard. You and I talked about this when we met in person...
Mar 10, 2015
The Army today is able to produce only enough readiness to meet requirements--and we can only achieve this because of the extra funding made available by the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA).
Mar 10, 2015
I would argue without rural coverage you probably could do this quite easily commercially.
Mar 10, 2015
We've all had incidences in our states. A number of years ago, we had an incident in New Hampshire that prompted an early discussion in our state about this where we had a horrible, horrible mad man who murdered a judge, murdered troopers…
Mar 10, 2015
If given the requested funds, the Marine Corps would replace the lost AV-8Bs with F-35Bs.
Mar 10, 2015
A hollow Army is characterized by prolonged and disproportionate investments across manpower, operations and maintenance, modernization, and procurement without corresponding adjustments to strategy.
Mar 10, 2015
I heard from each of you that we do not need more layers. What we need to do is eliminate some of the layers.
Mar 10, 2015
The F-35C is absolutely essential to the future combat capability of our Carrier Strike Groups and Carrier Air Wings.
Mar 10, 2015
You can appreciate where we don't want to build municipal water projects, but we want to help the Navy.
Mar 10, 2015
With regard to contracting for foreign military sales, it seems that the U.S. Government is, in essence, negotiating on behalf of foreign Governments against U.S. defense companies.
Mar 10, 2015
Without a major change in national strategy to account for a smaller force with reduced capability, the Army will likely experience a period where it is indeed hollow.
Mar 10, 2015
You know, we spent a lot of last year talking about how are we going to address sexual assaults in the military.
Mar 10, 2015
I'm really appreciative that you're looking at this acceleration, given the need that we know is very apparent.
Mar 10, 2015
Resource shortfalls in available personnel and needed equipment at the unit level remain the principal detractors to achieving the level of readiness.
Mar 10, 2015
I have some additional questions. So I am going to start this, but then we have a vote on the floor that we have to be back in 4 minutes.
Mar 10, 2015
I want to thank all of you. I would just start, as I mentioned in my opening statement, Secretary McGinn, I wanted to follow up, which I had raised in the full Armed Services Committee yesterday, about the reprogramming requests for the…
Mar 10, 2015
Let me just note again, my going-in position is that I am opposed to BRAC, but I would like this information.
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