Kelly Ayotte

Secretary Stackley and General Mills, how will the delay impact program costs?

If we buy the SSBN within existing funds, we will not reach 300 ships. In fact, we will find ourselves closer to 250.

I worry that we are on a completely unrealistic path right now given what the real needs are for the Navy on the shipbuilding budget.

If we go forward with sequestration, the fleet is going to go down to 235 according to Admiral Greenert.

What damage has sequestration and the lack of budget predictability and stability caused?

I felt the enhanced improvements to our background checks system -- as you and I both know, the issue wasn't a background check system issue in Sandy Hook.

I would say to the Senator from South Carolina, I don't know how that isn't possible in this case. Any defense lawyer--as they should--to defend their client, there is no way they will allow that individual who committed the terrorist…

Without interim measures our small boat fleet in New Hampshire is in danger of extinction.

I think it is important because there needs to be a full understanding around this place about what the real implications are.

I would share her request that we be more engaged in that oversight and more vigorous oversight.

We are where we are. So the Senate did a budget resolution. The House did a budget resolution.

I still have a lot of concerns about it.

The more information I think Members of Congress receive on the implications of this long term to the overall readiness of our forces, I think it, hopefully, will help get people off the sidelines here to try to resolve this in a sensible…

There are many that believe that Iran will have ICBM capability by then.

I think it is very difficult for this body to even consider undertaking a domestic BRAC round without a full consideration of what bases could be consolidated and/or closed overseas.

As Los Angeles-class submarines retire in the coming years and we fail to replace them quickly enough with Virginia-class submarines, our number of attack submarines will drop from 54 today to 43 in 2030.

When will Congress be notified of mitigation measures?

Providing fewer flying hours reduces the readiness of these aircrews and places them at higher risk if they are called upon to execute operational taskings.

I share Senator Shaheen's desire to work to make sure that we are eliminating waste, duplication, misallocated funds, given the budget challenges we face.

Undersea strike contributes to our ability to counter adversary A2/AD capabilities while providing additional attack capacity in our submarine force.

If we do not receive sufficient funding in fiscal year 2014 for weapon system sustainment accounts, to include depot and maintenance programs, aircraft availability rates across the Air Force will likely decrease, which will have an…

We will likely see additional unfunded requirements in fiscal year 2014 as a result of deferred workload in fiscal year 2013 due to sequestration.

Those who have given the most to the security of this Nation are asked to accept the bulk of the risk that sequestration poses to this Nation.

Undersea strike volume will decrease by approximately 63 percent in the 2030 timeframe due to two factors: SSN force structure reductions and SSGN retirement.

The fiscal year 2014 President's budget request for Army O&M exacerbates existing fiscal year 2013 readiness challenges from which it will take years to recover.