Political Quotes

“Madam President, let's go directly to our great U.S. Navy. This is James P. Downey to be Vice Admiral and Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command. Again, we all know that the Navy is the critical service. They are all critical, but when it comes to China, we have some catching up to do. This is a critical command billet. Let's hear about Rear Admiral Downey, James P. Downey. He has served in the Navy for 36 years. I would like to--Senator Ernst, maybe we just need to add up the experience that we are talking about tonight. Everybody is at least 30 years. It is like over 1,000 years. It makes you proud as an American. It makes me sure darn proud. Thank you, Rear Admiral Downey, for your 36 years of service to our great Nation and great U.S. Navy. He served as the Commander of the Navy Regional Maintenance Center-- boy, do we need expertise in maintenance for our Navy--and as the Program Executive Officer for U.S. Aircraft Carriers. Wow, that is great experience, and we need that every day. He most recently served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. Additional operational assignments include Intelligence Briefing Officer to the Commander and Chief, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea, and multiple deployments in the North Atlantic, Baltic, Arctic Circle--probably up in my neck of the woods in Alaska--and the Indo-Pacific. Incredible experience here.…”