"The deepening and the widening of the Port of Mobile is a top priority of mine."
"We have to figure out, Mr. Chairman, how to do this and do it right, rather than just sit on it and let our infrastructure go."
"It is up to Congress to decide whether to spend that money or not."
"Why 49 instead of 50? Why not go to 50 feet and make it even?"
"The President's recent decision to send National Guard forces to the southwest border continues the trend of previous administrations to deploy Guardsmen to border security operations."
"With your continued unwavering support, we will make pragmatic decisions on how to best balance our available resources between current commitments and future readiness requirements."
"I think it is important. And you seized on a couple of things a minute ago, and I think they are very important to any agency, and especially this agency--that is, accountability and transparency."
"we have had no oversight of this agency, have we?"
"I personally believe you will bring a ray of sunshine to a black hole of bureaucracy."
"I do not think that equates to being free of oversight, free of accountability, and free of transparency."
"As much as you can in this setting here, could you explain how the threat from North Korea is advancing and describe the importance, General, of improving and expanding our homeland missile defenses?"