"About 90 percent of the world's trade is carried by sea."
"You just can't create a Navy overnight, can you?"
"Do you believe that a lot of the great power competition that is China and perhaps Russia is occurring or will occur in the Pacific?"
"You concluded that you need 355 ships. Can you explain how this budget request supports the Navy's requirement to get to that goal?"
"What impact would return to sequestration have on the Navy?"
"the 2-year budget deal for the fiscal years 2018 and 2019 provides additional appropriations for the Department of Defense and of course, the Navy."
"It's our biggest lake, isn't it?"
"We all hope that there are going to be some diplomatic breakthroughs dealing with Korea, North Korea, and so forth, but if there's not, does the Navy and the Marines stand in readiness to do whatever ..."
"I think it's very important for us not to sell things or help other companies, foreign companies, control things that we deem are important to our national security."
"We can play a significant role here through your leadership and trying to get away from the CR nonsense and getting back to regular work."
"Where are we there? I know there is a study going on and it seems to be promising."