John McCain actually said...

"I just want to add my voice at the end of the hearing, in support for these creative initiatives."

"I understand that the Navy will be requesting a $33.8 million ATR to cover increased research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) costs on the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)."

"Construction of the follow-on Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) seaframes (LCS-3 and -4) is almost finished--with their costs leveling out at about $400 million each."

"It is critical to change the minimum requirement from 32 amphibious warships to 33 over the next year."