Senate Proceeding on Sep 29th, 2009 :: 3:19:05 to 3:25:35
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3:19:03 to 3:19:23( Edit History Discussion )

Daniel Inouye: and i urge a no vote on the mccain amendment. the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. inouye: the state about to present may appear a

3:19:05 to 3:25:35( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Daniel Inouye

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Daniel Inouye: bit redundant after listening to the great statement from the senator of mississippi, the vice chai but as chairman of this committee, i want to say this redundancy to say that are senator cochran and i

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Daniel Inouye: team and we agree with the provisions in this and in the interest of this body it should be noted that this measure was passed and presented to the senate by a vote of 30-0. unanimous. a the committee after due

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Daniel Inouye: considerion unanimously. $636 billion bill coming out of the committee after due consideration unanimously. mr. president, the amendment by the senator from arizona, arizona, $6 million funds provided in this bill to sustain the c-17 program. as i indicated that vice chairman and cochran and

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Daniel Inouye: proposed and the committee accepted our recommendation procure additional 1 aircraft. if approved c-17 inventory to 223 aircraft. we believe this is a critical investment which

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Daniel Inouye: our national security strategy and add much to the needed airlift capability. mr. president, there main reasons that the committee supported adding funding for the c-17. first, as everyone in the military from senior leadership

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Daniel Inouye: to the soldiers transported will agree, it simply put, a superb aircraft. the c-17 represents the finest in military technology. it is highly capable. in short, mr. president, it has

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Daniel Inouye: no detractors. second, we believe show tha are needed to meet requirements despite that it is being recommended by the and, third, c-17 eodies the only strategic airlift

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Daniel Inouye: production program in nation. as the senator from missouri pointed out , that there is nothing on the planning ledger to replace it. if we cut off the production at this moment, it will unaffordable to restart this program. mr. president,

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Daniel Inouye: the u.s. military with essential flexibility to respond on notice. our air fleet allows and operational plans. there is not a military scenario in existence today which can be

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Daniel Inouye: put in airlift the c-17 was designed specifically to meet virtually all of the needs of our war fighters. mr. president, it is the only aircraft -- that has the ability both to fly

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Daniel Inouye: great distances and to land on on air fields anywhere in the world. that is very we don't have long prepared for us in faroff countries. when teamed with the c-130 and c-5, the nation with the

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Daniel Inouye: to deliver outsized forces wherever they may be located. we believe the c-17 is today the finest aircraft in arsenal. with its new structures, it can high capability rate.

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Daniel Inouye: this is a term used by the air force to ability to comparative data provided by the government accountability office in november of 2008, showed t the c-17 was successfully perform its mission

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Daniel Inouye: in excess of 85% of the time. i think we should note that. 85% of the time they're able to perform the mission. on the other hand, the aging c-5 was only able to meet its time. -- 58% of the time.

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Daniel Inouye: for our men and uniform, what this means is if they're depending on a c-17; their needs -- c-17, their needs will only be addressed little more than half the time. while the c-17 will meet their needs more than eight times out of 10. in addition, the c-17 is much

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Daniel Inouye: eaper to operate than the c-5. it is true that a c-5 has the capacity to carry more cargo. but in the actual usage by the air forks the cost -- air force, the cost per flight now of the c-17 is only 40% of the cost of the c-5. the air force has informed

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Daniel Inouye: today its current statistics show that it costs $6.42 to fly one pound of cargo from south