"I think the men and women who are serving in the Navy would like to see some immediate action taken."
"Your presence here today reminds us of our sacred obligation to look after the young people who volunteer to serve in the military."
"their complaints about sequestration fall somewhat on deaf ears."
"If you keep deploying ships more than 7 months a year, you're not going to keep good people in the Navy."
"One of the reasons why you are having to impose these burdens and the extended deployments and the lack of readiness is because of sequestration."
"The Gila River Indian Community has contacted my office concerning budget shortfalls in the FY 2018 budget."
"Senate appropriators, in our view, must fully fund the Council and its efforts for it to function the way Congress intended."
"For the Council to be truly effective and fulfill its mandate, we need a permanent Executive Director in place now."
"I have expressed concern about implementation of FAST-41, as has Senator McCaskill and others."
"It's sabre-rattling."
"It's going to have to have some kind of pressures on the North Koreans to make them abandon this very dangerous path they're on."