Tom Cotton actually said...

"Thank you, Senator Manchin, for filling in for me while I was absent."

"But it is being used by the Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces. What capabilities does this commercially available alternative lack that the Marine Corps does not need that the Army needs?"

"In the post-Cold War era, as the information technology revolution has taken over, we have to rethink the wisdom of trying to create these systems in the Federal Government rather than using commercia..."

"As you have heard today, I would say all of the members of this subcommittee, as the full committee, are intent on increasing our defense budgets."