Kelly Ayotte

The spending of the $822,000 at the conference to celebrate, share, and showcase the diverse professional personal talents that obviously sent a shockwave through your organization.

We want to work with you. It is a tough job, but the organization needs strong leadership and consistent leadership on this issue.

If I go down this road, it is going to have a consequence to my job.

I want to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member for this important hearing.

I wanted to know how much of those consolidated centers are actually being used.

I appreciate you all being here, and I'm glad to hear that you're as outraged as I am for New Hampshire.

I appreciate the witnesses being here today.

I'm also going to have a follow-up to Mr. Berry. Understanding you represent the smaller carriers, I'd like to hear your thoughts. I'm not a big fan of the Universal Service Fund, the way it is structured now, because New Hampshire is a…

Without interoperability, it's going to be a long time before our carriers can get devices.

I think, a remarkably positive development.

Victims having their own voice is really important.

I need to understand where do you stand on the notion of prohibiting sexual contact between instructors and trainees during basic training?

I think it is a very important question, and if you can't answer it today, then I think it needs to be taken for the record.

Senator Murray and I have a bill that extends what the Air Force is doing to every single branch, has 33 cosponsors in the U.S. Senate.

It gives victims a voice. It gives them an understanding of how the process works.

I think all of you, as leaders of the military, appreciate that there certainly is a vulnerability to those who are in a training setting with those who are the commanders there.

I know, General Welsh, that you were asked earlier about the Air Force Special Victims' Counsel Pilot Program.

I just think it would be hard to justify not supporting what seems to be basic common sense when you have incidents like Lackland.

I want to make sure that every victim of sexual assault gets the support that they need in the system

Senator Murray and I, we have a bill Combating Military Sexual Assault Act of 2013. It has 33 co-sponsors.

I want to thank all of our witnesses who are here today for their service and leadership to our country.

I want to make sure that that failsafe has accountability here.

The Affordable Care Act created what is called the Independent Payment Advisory Board, and this board was--it is unique.

You had said that you would be willing to pay some rate on repatriation.

I thank you all for being here. I appreciate this important topic.