Good morning, this Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on recent Navy Collisions at sea, including uss lake champlain, uss fitzgerald and the uss John S Mccain, as well as the rounding of the uss antietam. We welcome our witnesses, the honorable richard spencer, secretary of the navy, admiral john richardson, chief of Naval Operations and start on an, director of defense for structure and readiness issues at the Government Accountability office. I would like to take a moment to recognize family members who lost loved ones in the fitzgerald and mccain collisions, who are here with us today as honored guests. Ofm the fitzgerald, the wife a chief petty officer, parents of a petty officer third c lass, parents and brother of a petty officer first class. Stepmother of a seaman , father of a petty officer first class, and from the mccain, the wife of a petty officer first class and his , along with her wife. Officer of a petty first class, mother and brother of a petty up with
Minutes. Well, good morning. This Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on recent u. S. Navy collisions at sea, including u. S. S. Lake sham plain, uss fitzgerald, and uss john s. Mccain as well as the grounding of uss an teet tomb. We welcome or witness, the on able Richard Spencer secretary of the navy, admiral john richardson, chief of naval operations, and mr. John pendleton, director of defense for structure and readiness issues at the Government Accountability office. Id like to take a moment to recognize family members who lost loved ones in the fitzgerald and mccain collisions who are here with us today as our honored guests. From the fitzgerald, eric rooem, the wife of chief petty officer gary reem. Steven ritzco and show know douglas parents and brother of petty officer third class shingo douglas. Senior chief petty officer victor and carmen shah boy yn sa buyian, and theyre son luke. Parents and growth of petty officer first class carlosvictor sa buy on. Wayne an
Richard spencer and chief of Naval Operations John Richardson testified about the recent ship incidents that killed 17 sailors this sumner asia. The Senate Armed Services Committee Heard about accidents involving the uss john s. Mccain off the coast of singapore in august and the uss fitzgerald in the sea of japan in june. This hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. Well, good morning. This Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on recent u. S. Navy collisions at sea, including u. S. S. Lake sham plain, uss fitzgerald, and uss john s. Mccain as well as the grounding of uss an teet tomb. We welcome or witness, the on able Richard Spencer secretary of the navy, admiral John Richardson, chief of Naval Operations, and mr. John pendleton, director of defense for structure and readiness issues at the Government Accountability office. Id like to take a moment to recognize family members who lost loved ones in the fitzgerald and mccain collisions who are here with us today as our hono
The commander to move suspects on any kind of relief because its not a result of a legal determination. So i would say you have to follow a with the staff judge advocates. Have a question on seems to me people covered under cap theres a carveout for the expedited transfer. If somebody who would be covered under that is the victim of a sexual so what avenues are available to them . Kathy will be here in january to answer questions. So anybody who falls under that is uncovered. From this program, that is correct. And you have a carveout for that . Sony stats from the navy, air force, marines is for his expedited transfers would not cover family members. The statute doesnt make it a distinction that just talks about Sexual Assault. So theoretically there could be something on the other side. Kathy has some data for you nono on i noticed in looking at that data the 2016 there are 19 pages where the request were an expedited transfer was denied, what are those request tonight typically . We
Are rich and can hire fancy accountants and lawyers and lobbyists to help create special tax statuses. Im talking about americans dependent on Government Programs many im not talking about disability or Social Security or medicare, programs they made into. Im talking about programs that assist antipoverty programs. Something else we should talk about again. Some are not working in terms of helping people escape poverty. Im talking about people who work and make just enough not to qualify for any of that stuff but not enough to afford the cost of living. Not just them. You add to that the cost of raising children. Its more expensive to raise children more than ever. There is nothing we can do in tax reform by itself that solves all of those problems, but there is no way we can do tax reform without addressing the millions of americans who feel every time there is a debate in washington its about helping everybody else except for them. So take, for example, the issue of the Child Tax Cre