Patty Murray

This is a great opportunity for DOD and VA to help execute President Obama's vision for electronic health records in the United States

I encourage all of you as well, to make sure that those policies are implemented, so that no one fears coming forward.

Senator Murray, the Navy has the Sexual Assault Victims Intervention Program (SAVI), which was established in 1994.

Governor Locke is the only Commerce Secretary nominee, to my knowledge, who has personally negotiated a fishing treaty to balance fishing and environmental interests.

I know from experience that we need someone to head the Commerce Department who has a detailed understanding of this delicate and very complicated issue.

I am very proud to recommend Gary Locke to be the next Secretary of Commerce at this important time in our Nation's history.

I think that's exactly what we need to be doing because, as the Admiral mentioned, this isn't just a DOD problem; it's a problem for everyone.

We continue to see reports--and Admiral Mullen, I know combat-related stress is a great concern for you.

I really think it goes a long ways toward ensuring that all our servicemembers and their eligible family members have access to and get the best medical care possible.

If we don't start thinking about it now, we're going to be in a bad place.

We all want fair and transparent competition. Everybody's saying that and I think that's clear.

Clearly this is a real challenge. We all want the best aircraft at the end of the day.

I really do appreciate it.

I will work with you to make sure we have what we need within the budget process on that.

They are very important. They support the 336th Training Group and Air Force Survival School.

I stand ready to help you do whatever we need to do there to make sure we are ready for that as well.

Which means other things would be left off the table?

And we do not have the budget capacity for that?

We want it to be good for the warfighter and good for the taxpayer, which leads me to the question of whether a dual buy is a viable option?

Hope to is not a definite timeframe.

We have to think about the future while we are thinking about today.

I want to make sure that we maintain a domestic industrial base that can respond to the ongoing need of our warfighters.

I am very worried about our domestic industrial base. I am worried about its long-term ability to provide our military forces with what they need to accomplish their national security missions.

It is really important to me that our airmen have everything they need to fight our wars overseas, both today and in the future.

Extending TRICARE service to cover the 'gray area' between retirement from the reserves and the start of retirement health benefits would improve our ability to care for reserve members and their families.