Elaine Luria

Our primary focus, I think, should be what we are going to do to increase our presence in the Western Pacific.

I really feel like we need to shift from that mantra that I feel like we have today where maintenance is driving operations rather than maintenance is supporting and enabling operations.

I concur with Representative Courtney's comments that the shipyard optimization plan is incredibly critical, and I think we need to speed it up.

I think we can't wait any longer to make the investments that we need to in our ship maintenance infrastructure.

I think two things we have covered today for the surface vessels that are really important are both autonomy, but then also reliability.

I was really disappointed in what I saw as a lack of substance in the plan. I thought it was full of buzzwords and platitude but really short on details.

I have not received any of that information back yet from the Secretary or the CNO, and we on this committee want to provide the Navy what we need for the future and, you know, expect a good-faith effort on the part of the Navy to provide…

I just wanted to ask you today if you would be able to provide to our district and also other ports the list of unfunded requirements.

I am heartened that you appreciate the urgency of the matter, and I look forward to working closely with your office on this.

I would love to continue this conversation separately about, you know, how we are allocating resources and what resources have been allocated.

I do believe--and I believe this very fiercely--that we have to hold these White Supremacists and right-wing extremists accountable for their actions.

I think it is these important issues that we need to continue to address.

The perpetrators of this heinous attack on our Nation's democracy were Americans encouraged and emboldened by President Trump because he could not accept the outcome of a free and fair election. His actions are seditious, and the President…

I am skeptical that our national security facilities will be back to their full pre-COVID level by September 30th.

I had an issue that was brought to my attention by several small businesses here in our community.

I recommend directing SBA to base loan eligibility on revenues from the same timeframe last year rather than from the prior 4 months.

SBA must clarify the affiliation rules as it relates to PPP loans.

In this time of crisis, more work must be done to help all small businesses.

To continue to ensure access for PPP funds, the Committee should incentivize banks to serve new customers.

The readiness of sealift today is 59 percent against the stated goal of 85 percent.

So, I understand that that is being prioritized this year over fuel for our MPSRON forces, over maintenance on these sealift ships.

If we are only meeting 30 percent of that requirement, it seems like this would have been a much higher priority over the preceding year.

I think it is huge opportunity, as Representative Brown said, for women, increasing diversity, and all of those things to start from scratch with a vision statement and recruiting that supports a new force with a blank slate.

Saying that we have what it takes to win doesn't display a sense of urgency that we really need to get to 386 squadrons in order to win.

One-quarter of the shipbuilding and repair that happens in the entire country happens in Hampton Roads, right where Mr. Wittman and I live and work.