"To what extent are you looking at the program--not just today in the capability but what the program needs to provide in the future, understanding the challenges that the industry faces both with capacity that is in the ships but also capability and that is in the merchant mariners that run those sh..."
"I think yours is a unique situation and one that we want to make sure that you have the tools necessary to defend your systems as well as understanding where the threats are from your customers and al..."
"I believe it is vital to moving military goods and hardware."
"We need to have some soul-searching conversations about what--both capacity and capability we need to build for the future."
"I think the Jones Act has a tremendous amount of utility, especially in situations as we face potentially with capacity within our sealift ability."
"If the Maritime Security Program's effectiveness is minimized and U.S. flag is reduced, what would be the impact on our military's ability to fully activate, deploy and sustain forces?"
"I think it is extraordinarily important, so definitely an issue we have to talk about."
"Do you agree that the 60 Maritime Security Program ships provide USTRANSCOM with assured access to an effective, national defense sealift capability?"
"We don't do tiered readiness."
"We deeply appreciate all of your valuable information you provided for us today to make sure we give the proper direction in this year's NDAA to provide for the resources for the Marine Corps to conti..."
"will you commit to taking into consideration the continued broad bipartisan support for offshore energy production in the Atlantic Ocean?"