by senator kaine and other members read we are in the midst of voting. i like to welcome her awareness as to the hearing this afternoon. frederick stefany deputy secretary. that is a mouthful. welcome mr. secretary. assistant secretary of the navy for research development and acquisition admiral william galinis systems command rear admiral troy mcclelland program executive officer for industrial infrastructure and ms. diana maurer in the government accounting office. thank you for your service to the nation and for the truly professional service of the men and women under your command. i also want to recognize the ranking member senator cramer and senator kaine and senator sullivan and i appreciate my colleagues joining us to hold this joint readiness hearing on this very important subject. we stand at a crossroads today. the nation shipyards are in dire need of modernization to make sure to maintain the current fleet in the fate of the future. encourage the navy has finally
by senator kaine and other members read we are in the midst of voting. i like to welcome her awareness as to the hearing this afternoon. frederick stefany deputy secretary. that is a mouthful. welcome mr. secretary. assistant secretary of the navy for research development and acquisition admiral william galinis systems command rear admiral troy mcclelland program executive officer for industrial infrastructure and ms. diana maurer in the government accounting office. thank you for your service to the nation and for the truly professional service of the men and women under your command. i also want to recognize the ranking member senator cramer and senator kaine and senator sullivan and i appreciate my colleagues joining us to hold this joint readiness hearing on this very important subject. we stand at a crossroads today. the nation shipyards are in dire need of modernization to make sure to maintain the current fleet in the fate of the future. encourage the navy has finally
this hearing will come to order. we will be momentarily joined by senator cain and the s afternoon. frederick stefany deputy secretary. that is a mouthful. welcome mr. secretary. assistant secretary of the navy for research development and acquisition admiral william galinis systems command rear admiral troy mcclelland program executive officer for industrial infrastructure and ms. diana maurer in the government accounting office. thank you for your service to the nation and for the truly professional service of the men and women under your command. i also want to recognize the ranking member senator cramer and senator kaine and senator sullivan and i appreciate my colleagues joining us to hold this joint readiness hearing on this very important subject. we stand at a crossroads today. the nation shipyards are in dire need of modernization to make sure to maintain the current fleet in the fate of the future. encourage the navy has finally gotten serious about investing and
members read we are in the midst of voting. i like to welcome her awareness as to the hearing this afternoon. frederick stefany deputy secretary. that is a mouthful. welcome mr. secretary. assistant secretary of the navy for research development and acquisition admiral william galinis systems command rear admiral troy mcclelland program executive officer for industrial infrastructure and ms. diana maurer in the government accounting office. thank you for your service to the nation and for the truly professional service of the men and women under your command. i also want to recognize the ranking member senator cramer and senator kaine and senator sullivan and i appreciate my colleagues joining us to hold this joint readiness hearing on this very important subject. we stand at a crossroads today. the nation shipyards are in dire need of modernization to make sure to maintain the current fleet in the fate of the future. encourage the navy has finally gotten serious about invest
I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro