of the energy committee in the senate which i chair, held a field hearing down in norfolk on the usskersarge, i want to commend them for find ago name to hold the ship for us to hold the hearing on. it was a nice benefit to the hearing. but it's an excellent hearing and i wish everyone on this economy could have gone to , to see that moving towards alternatives and energy efficiency is making for the efficiency and the capacity of our fighting and women out in the field to do their jobs. secretaries, mabis, you made the point that national security in today's day and age is about energy security and if we do not have to be defending the straits of hormuz and deploying we inin women around the world to defend foreign oil, we are in a better position to defend the country. i was impressed at some of the statistics that you mention in your testimony and that we heard at the hearing. the federal government is the biggest energy user within america. the department of defense is the biggest energy user within the federal government. 93% of all energy used is used by the department of defense and a