Less than half of the cost of doing nothing, and avoiding all of that pain? Is that right?

The banks would know that they have a potential liability more than they would ever be able to pay.

Those kinds of comments are dangerous and unbefitting anybody from my point of view who serves or seeks to serve public office.

America owes you a debt.

I would like you to talk about the importance of the AUKUS framework in terms of stability and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.

I want to thank Senator Manchin, Barrasso, and Ranking Member Risch for their bipartisan leadership in getting COFA agreements across the finish line and signed by the President.

I want to thank this committee for working very expeditiously to make that happen.

I think that is a kind of an alliance that is pretty powerful.

That is a lot of work. But it is going to be great work to be able to do together.

The Navy has stood up a manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia, to train the submarine industrial base.

Watching the Aussies and the Afghans and the young people from Danville with all their conflicting accents learning side by side to become part of the U.S. submarine industrial base was really positive.

It is a great initiative, and good work moving out on it so quickly.

I am a big fan of the AUKUS framework in the Indo-Pacific. I think this announced framework by President Biden of a couple years ago can be extremely powerful, going forward.

I think that is a kind of an alliance that is pretty powerful.

I would like you to talk about the importance of the AUKUS framework in terms of stability and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.

It is a great initiative, and good work moving out on it so quickly.

I want to thank Senator Manchin, Barrasso, and Ranking Member Risch for their bipartisan leadership in getting COFA agreements across the finish line and signed by the President.

I want to thank this committee for working very expeditiously to make that happen.