"I appreciate that Admiral Smith took the time to visit the facility. However, I am concerned that he is saying the temperature problem in the rooms will not be addressed until 2018, and that is too long for my constituents to wait."
"I appreciate your looking at this policy."
"One of the issues that we put in the 2016 NDAA was a concern that the new long-term TDY [temporary duty] policy may be discouraging excellent, excellent workers from going to other shipyards because o..."
"The budget for military construction is over $1 billion short of what it was projected to be this year in last year's future year defense program (FYDP)."
"I just want to say, for the shipyard workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, I know they want to go and help the other shipyards."
"DOD has said that the Pentagon is starting to run low on smart bombs and guided missiles."
"The Navy's plans to reduce and minimize future deferred maintenance in the surface fleet are aligned with the CNO's goals for operational availability."
"I would urge the Secretary to come forward, because obviously time is of the essence."
"You have not put it in place yet."
"We cannot deploy our men and women in uniform and put them in situations that make them sick."
"I want to make sure that, if this is the claim on the maintenance personnel, that it is--that we're maximizing and properly using the maintenance personnel."