ms. tsongas: i want to thank mr. markey for his forceful -- on this issue. i rise in support of legislation that would support the president's proposed offshore drilling lease sale plan for 2012 to 2017. this plan, which has been developed over the past few years with extensive public input is a responsible way to increase domestic production of oil and gas while still protecting our delicate and vital ocean environment. contrary to republican claims that the plan would restrict domestic production and hurt jobs, the president's proposed plan would actually open 75% of offshore oil and gas resources to development. where there are resources, the land is being opened. 75%. in fact, domestic production of oil is at an 18-year high and gas is at an all-time high under president obama. at the same time that the president's plan includes new leasing, it also protects many of our most important ocean environments from drilling such as georgia's bank and other vital fishing areas off the coast of my state, massachusetts. georgia's bank is a valuable accomplish reso

ms. tsongas. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you both for being here today. like others before me, congressman turner i want to thank you secretary panetta. i appreciate very much the effort you have made over the last several months to improve the treatment of survivors of military sexual assault and secretary shinseki i was so heartened to learn of your recent interest in the documentary film, the invisible war. as you say, that was during military service and ends up in the va. that movie so painfully highlights the multiple bureaucratic hurdles survival of such assaults which are all too frequent across all the services must endure to prove that their physical or psychiatric symptoms are connected to an incident of military sexual trauma and shows that too often victims are unsuccessful in pursuing their claims for assistance. to address one aspect of this problem the fiscal year 12 defense authorization act included language that required the secretary of defense in consultation with the secretary of veterans affairs to develop a comprehensive policy for