Secretary Panetta and Chairman Dempsey have said that sequestration will hollow out our force.

I hope that we act immediately on this on a bipartisan basis.

I was proud to join my colleagues... in writing a letter to Secretary Panetta to express our outrage regarding the Russian arms sales.

If you know someone is killing someone and committing murder... and you knowingly provide them with arms, you are not just standing silent; you are actually an accomplice to those killings.

Unfortunately, this is part of the pattern for Russia.

we must be better prepared to respond to threats that give us little to no advance warning

are we doing all we can to defend the Homeland against long-range missile threats?

So we'll have a nine-submarine shortfall in 2030 if we continue with the proposed build rate that we have in this budget?

I'm very concerned about the proposal in the fiscal year 2013 budget of where this will bring our production rate.

I'm deeply troubled, Admiral, when you tell me that if we allow, this Congress, sequestration to go forward that our fleet could be in a position where it would go from 285 capacity to 235.

I'm very proud of the maintenance done at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the excellent work done there on the Virginia-class submarine.

We can't drive our national security interests, particularly on something so important as our attack submarine fleet, by just being handed a number by Congress.

I hope that we will act immediately on a bipartisan basis in Congress to stop the sequestration, because when you think about our fleet going down to 235 that is an unacceptable risk to our country and our allies.

The Navy has a requirement for 48 attack submarines?

I think that so many of our pilots in the Guard and Reserve have flown in the active duty also before they've served.

having good financial data and making sure that our DOD is auditable I think has to be a top priority for us.

You know I'm a huge fan of the A-10 because I am married to an A-10 pilot.

this is important for us to do? Is this an important exercise?