12/29/2008
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"I recommend the committee waive the seven-day rule in order to permit the confirmation of the nomination of these officers before the Senate adjourns the 114th Congress, thank God."
"I believe that some of the problems we are experiencing now with LCS vessels is because we got too far in front of ourselves by trying to deploy ships before they were ready to deploy."
"If we had been told it was $478 million and 12 years late for some of the programs, I do not think that this committee and the Congress of the United States would have approved it."
"Should you be in your job?"