Jim Inhofe

The President's budget request cuts the F-35 budget by $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2013 and $15.1 billion over the FYDP.

The additional $1 billion in fiscal year 2012 would represent a 20 percent decrease in flying and steaming hours.

No military operation can be conducted completely free from risk.

How are these aircraft flying?

What is the importance of international participation to controlling costs on the F-35 program?

Will the proposed fiscal year 2013 delay force the Navy to SLEP or procure more F/A-18s?

Navy's investments in the testing and certification of alternative fuels for use in Navy's platforms will only increase Navy's future combat capability.

Is the continued use of nuclear power on Navy ships a part of your plan for a green fleet?

Detainees are treated humanely and in accordance with U.S. regulations and international law.

I am impressed with the number of operations being conducted by the Navy in and around the African continent to include combating the transit of extremists.

I continue to have concerns about our current missile defense plan.

Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, and General Amos, what feedback are you getting from pilots and crew at Pax River on the aircraft performance and flight characteristics?

The need to find cost competitive alternative fuels has never been greater.

Secretary Mabus and Admiral Greenert, if this is a priority of yours, are you planning to make any additional purchases of alternate or synthetic fuels with defense funds this year or in fiscal year 2013?

DOD's healthcare costs have doubled since fiscal year 2001, growing from around $17 billion to over $42 billion...

Why did you restrict the proposal to only fuels derived from plants or algae when other cheaper alternatives to petroleum already exist?

How many steaming or flying days did the Navy sacrifice in order to purchase biofuels?

I wanted to get to one other thing and that is what's happening right now over in AFRICOM.

I know that the costs of health care have doubled since 2001.

But the figure that I've heard, I thought it was a quote from you, that eventually you'll need 330 million gallons per year of alternative fuels to meet your goal of 50 percent; is that correct?

We know about the increased activity in Somalia and along the east coast, but we also know that more recently the activity is on the west coast.

I wish I had had more time to calculate...

Is the demand for Aegis ships now and in the future outstripping supply?

The prosecution of terrorist detainees belongs in a military tribunal not because it ensures a particular result, but because it is the best way to present classified information and present evidence that has been taken from the…

With the limited resources. I agree with that, and you have the GCV to consider and all of that. Well, you're doing the very best you can with what you have, with the hand that you're dealt, and we need to deal you a better hand.