"Count me amongst those that are worried about our shipbuilding capacity and our infrastructure"
"I need to know and I'd like your commitment, Admiral, that the Navy as the contract agent for this effort is proactively supporting the Coast Guard and their acquisition of additional icebreakers."
"We need to keep leaning in and it's going to take all of us."
"Maybe sluggish is even too kind of a word but if you have to really critically assess where we are in and how we're improving the acquisition process."
"It's going to be incredibly important to our national defense interests."
"So, let me ask a question about the expansion of research and the modernization funding in OSD."
"I think that tight coupling is where when the dollars get big there needs to be a service partner identified in advance before the money gets too big."
"So, you think it's a good idea, but we're not quite there yet in terms of making sure that we are implementing to scale?"
"I think many of us in this committee, in this Congress are very concerned about where we are with our naval fleet."
"The United States is an Arctic nation, and of course, this is a strategically important region to us."
"I think would be a strategic critical error."