02/08/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"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."
"I want to commend you, Secretary Mabus, for your effort to lead DOD in making energy efficiency and self-reliance such a priority."
"Cuts to our naval capabilities without a plan to compensate for them puts our goals in the Asia-Pacific region at greater risk."
"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."