"frankly, the biggest challenge is to make sure that those folks who have been denied benefits and were denied in the past, and even their survivors, really are made whole and in a timely basis."
"Chairwoman Luria, Ranking Member Bost, and Members of the Subcommittee:"
"Secretary Stackley's response at the time was that he would go as far to say that it is the cornerstone or our maritime strategy."
"As they make that tough journey in their service and faced--our military families are the--they are the last families that should be faced with the stress of choosing whether to send their children to..."
"The current law says that we need to have 11 aircraft carriers. But you are bringing us a budget that actually is asking us in your 30 ship--your shipbuilding plan to never attain that goal."
"One of the things that strikes me the most when I look at the budget is the changes year over year to a 30-year shipbuilding plan."
"This force is designed to do that all the way to 2030."
"If that vision changes every year, do we really have a clear vision?"
"Has the United States Navy ever made the determination that the presence of an aircraft carrier strike group has had a significant role in deterring a conflict from going from phase 0 to phase 3?"
"Have you estimated the additional full-time equivalents or additional costs or additional personnel that you will need in order to process these claims for Blue Water veterans?"
"I was wondering if you have an update on that now."