It would put us back in sequestration, an unthinkable result, and an utterly irresponsible act that I feel sure this Rep...
What we need to do here on our side is make sure you get the authorization and appropriations bills on time.
They had no contingency plans for sequestration because it was so utterly irresponsible and unthinkable that it could no...
We will soon have a Republican Senate and a Democratically controlled house, and we are going to have to join hands as A...
We have to do better. We must do better, all of us, including the Congress.
You guys are in the building business and hardware business, not so much in the personnel business, except that you real...
What were the consequences to that supplier?
if you lack that capability, then your only option is to bring it from some other land, some other place
the ability to project power from a sea base, a sovereign ship, a platform from the sea, onto either an advanced naval b...
The minimum Navy requirement for amphibious ships is 38. Combatant commanders need more than 50 amphibious ships on a da...
Tell us about that number.
The problem with the Arleigh Burke is she is full. We really do not have much room to expand or modernize her much beyon...
Mr. Secretary, you answered Senator Kaine's question about the troubling issue of the advanced weapons elevators.
And you agree with that?
Are we going to be glad we went with the EMALs and advanced arresting gear?
The $450 million that you asked about earlier----
We do not want you to be alarmist. We do not want you to exaggerate and wave your arms.
A 355-ship fleet is not some best-case ideal that we would like to achieve if everything goes well.
