If I could, I would just qualify that. As I mentioned, David Perry said the biggest problem we have is in capital, with a $50-billion demand and $11 billion available. It's the work of this committee to weigh the threats. Is it major state war or is it global warming? Which is going to grab attention?
Yes, an HADR ship would provide tremendous backup logistical support, but to buy new? It's $5 billion for two, because what's the point of buying something for one coast that's not on another?
Two, everything you buy, every ship you buy, two for $5 billion, will eat twice that much in personnel, operations, and maintenance over the next 20 years. You've just created a $15-billion demand. There are ways of doing it. There are proposals that are going to be coming for leased ships, for civilian-manned ships. They should be looked at by all means, but it's the recommendations of this committee to government that will tell the navy where it should be put its emphasis.