It is appropriate that we consider this change very carefully.

You're taking this and you're trying with Secretary Stackley to plug it into the design phase.

You have learned a great deal. We've all learned a great deal.

I think what Admiral McCoy indicated was that the recent ships that have delivered have much fewer problems.

You've made the very explicit point that you've beefed up dramatically your supervisory staff.

Let me associate myself with the thoughtful comment of my colleague that this was a very productive hearing, as a result of your questions particularly.

There's no single silver bullet. There is no sacred cow.

I think one of the obvious impressions in the questioning of everyone is that these are a series of very critical decisions that are interrelated in so many different ways.

Are we looking outside the proverbial box at all these interrelated issues to make a comprehensive presentation?

Mr. Secretary, you have $12 million in the budget for the AoA. Is that enough, given the complexity of evaluating several moving parts?

I again am confident, working together, we can provide the resources necessary for the mission of the Marine Corps and the Navy in very difficult times and, I emphasize, on a bipartisan basis.

the reality is that this is something that the regulators have to address thoughtfully, thoroughly.

What are you doing proactively along with your other colleagues in the Administration, the Department of Commerce, et cetera, to get potential export companies, small business companies, in the game?

I think your goals are not only laudable but actually essential to the success of the country going forward.

We must hold mortgage servicers accountable to the stakeholders, homeowners, investors, and the American public.

there is no definition of 'independence'?

what you have said--and I agree with it--has been said repeatedly for the last 2 years

essentially what I think you chose to do was to just kick the can down the road a bit further