"What does $2 billion mean? We can replace every Humvee in the Marine Corps, increase pay raises for our troops by 2."
"The idea that we can be challenged in terms of technological superiority is something that people don't take very seriously initially."
"If we don't use Russian engines in transition while we're building this American engine, we're forced to use Delta engines through the United Launch Alliance."
"When we field superior capabilities, we give our potential adversaries more reasons to pursue peace, and our military more options to win any fight."
"Secretary Kendall, will you and your staff continue to work with this subcommittee on ensuring that the department, Secretary of Defense, intelligence, everything, can acquire the engines that you say..."
"It could be a national security cost plus a physical cost, could it not?"
"We want to get through it, but we don't want to jeopardize anything for American security to do that."
"We all want to get rid of the dependence to some extent on the Russian engine. I think that is a given."
"The third offset strategy is based on the idea that we need to be as creative and innovative as we can to find some new ideas and new technologies."
"With threats around the world ranging from ISIL and rogue nations on one end, to increasingly assertive near-peer competitors on the other, it is an important time to focus on innovation and investmen..."
"We can't fall behind, can we not?"