"the financial incentives are just not there when you're talking about the auctions."
"This is, I think, squarely the jurisdiction of the expert agency."
"I'm concerned that we're locked into a plan that may not make any sense anymore logistically."
"Our undersea- and anti-submarine warfare capabilities gives us an advantage over our adversaries."
"I think the budget caps are shortsighted. I strongly believe that we should adjust all the caps to enable critical investments in our aging infrastructure, research and development, small business, de..."
"I think I am taking that as a no, which is to say that I think--Mr."
"I think a casual observer might get the mistaken impression that this is a problem that is primarily a Navy and Marine Corps' issue."
"Well, I want to appreciate General Brooks as well for his leadership, and 'More faces and more places with less bases' I know is his saying."
"Congress can help by authorizing a new Base Realignment and Closure round."
"I want to understand how you see aquaculture fitting into that because on a sort of common sense level, to the degree and extent that recognizing that different regions have different concerns regardi..."
"Do you need any clarification from the Congress in terms of this optimum or maximum yield question when it comes to aquaculture?"
"I don't think there is really any doubt that we ought to fund the supplemental as quickly as we can."