Kelly Ayotte

I think it also gets the community more involved, which is really important, I think, to provide that support structure back in the community.

Let me just be straight. I voted against sequestration, and I think that we should work together to address sequestration.

I want to make sure because they are the ones that make the least.

I want to thank the chairwoman.

I was very encouraged when I heard what he is trying to do to keep women in the Marine Corps.

I just wanted to follow up on this issue of the proposed benefit changes.

Do you think the availability of Special Victims' Counsels at least partially explains the increase in reporting we have seen?

Mr. Wightman, section 1724 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2014 requires each Service Secretary to ensure timely access to a SARC for any member of the National Guard or Reserve who is the victim of a sexual assault.

Secretary Wright, will some personnel who live on post have difficulty traveling to off-post grocery stores?

The 2007 changes not only increased longevity pay for senior officers but also allows senior officers retiring with 40 years of service to receive 100 percent of their Active Duty pay.

I have full confidence that the authorities will conduct a thorough investigation to identify the cause of what happened with that flight and obviously help us prevent similar tragedies from occurring.

I absolutely agree with the Chair to have more hearing follow-up on the certification process.

We should be careful to consider the impacts state sponsorship may have on U.S. air carriers' ability to compete in international markets.

I am pleased with the positive outcome on the global aviation emissions agreement at ICAO's 38th General Assembly, which rejected unilateral approaches.

Our focus today is to identify ways to build on these contributions to expand the industry with the goal of making sure that the U.S. aviation industry remains second to none.

I hope that we can have follow up on this, Madam Chair, to get your advice and thoughts as the facts come forward.

Some of the barriers to the industry's success can also be attributed to a pattern of poor aviation policy choices.

I want to thank the Chairman and Ranking Member.

Al-Qaeda is not on the run, how we have seen al-Qaeda morphing, metastasizing, that we have seen the proliferation of al-Qaeda in Africa and now even your own testimony, I believe, that the threat of al-Qaeda in Syria actually presents a…

I think the issue is, at least the public reports have been that essentially Interpol has this data base but it's not being checked.

The EU ETS is little more than a unilateral tax-grab that would hurt American operators and the traveling public when flying into and out of Europe.

If we leave and we abandon the work that we have done in Afghanistan, that we could send women back in those soccer stadiums.

The delay in the BSA... begins to be high risk if we don't make a decision by September.

These authorities have been used to save taxpayers $31 million and have prevented those funds from going to our enemies.

What we need to do is just have more transparency so that's happening on a continuous basis, so people know that they are being observed, that they are being watched, that people are going to be held accountable for meeting these policies.