"I never thought that we, Congress, and several Administrations would let that happen."
"You brought up several things that I think are very relevant and very interesting."
"How important is this program to us in the future?"
"If you don't do that, you're going to have a brain drain, aren't you?"
"Restoring readiness to support a total force of 500,000 Airmen and over 5,000 aircraft must remain a top priority for this committee."
"Does the 2019 request provide adequate inventory levels of your most important munitions?"
"Thank you, Senator Durbin."
"The Air Force is requesting $156.3 billion, an increase of about $4.6 billion over amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2018."
"We acknowledge the challenging assignment you face to source an increasing demand for forces today while also modernizing to compete with more technically capable adversaries."
"With this budget request, the Army will continue to build readiness and counter threats posed by near-peer competitors while modernizing in order to face future threats."
"We should never be behind the market, should we?"