01/26/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Just to put things in perspective on the F-35 again, we started the program in 2001. The cost estimates for 2,456 aircraft were going to be $238 billion."
"I want to commend you, Secretary Mabus, for your effort to lead DOD in making energy efficiency and self-reliance such a priority."
"Using defense dollars to subsidize new energy technologies is not the Navy's responsibility, nor is it sufficiently related to the Service's core mission to justify such expenditures."
"The administration is proposing a reduced defense budget at a time when the challenges to our security are arguably more daunting than at any time in recent memory."