04/05/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"the President's budget for defense spending for fiscal year 2015 is misguided."
"the course the President is charting will not only leave us with a smaller Navy but with a less capable one."
"But as outlined in last year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), unless the Navy meets required performance parameters by 2016, the procurement will end at 24 ships."
"How can our allies and our adversaries take the so-called pivot to the Pacific seriously, when we aren't even adequately resourcing the requirements of our combatant commanders?"