Duncan Hunter

So when Secretary Stackley talks about acquisition, buying ships up, it is like Moses coming down from on high with the word of God.

How do you choose who gets the small shipyard grants?

We had a hearing here. There is technology right now where you can see through it.

So--OK. How about multiyear procurement, then? Because you know you are going to be buying years and years out.

Which, to my point, why doesn't the Coast Guard have their own organic assets in which you could put on what you--whatever kind of sensor you wanted?

So, I mean, we want recommendations from you on what we should do. That is why we are doing this.

If we had that reliability, repeatability, then we could certainly move forward with a block buy.

Better fund the Coast Guard, folks, and the merchant marines. This budget doesn't do it.

So if you want to use them, you have to say, 'Hey, Border Patrol,' or hey, whoever, 'We would like you to launch a UAS over this part of the Caribbean,' right?

I have got just a quick--bring up a subject, and it is unmanned aircraft systems [UAS].

The administration is playing a reckless game.

But why--when are we going to get recommendations from you? When are we going to get recommendations?

Wait, explain that. Explain that. Why would you incur a penalty if you do a block buy?

What about nukes coming in just in cargo containers?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Gentleman and lady, thank you for being here.

This is not a factor of too many rounds going through the weapon barrel.

But you are familiar with the----

Yes. But I was in the Marine Corps I mean, I was----

Because, you know, you have different tiers within the special operations community, too.

It is in our national interest that they have a strong and viable steel industry for this country.

They have attested time and time again to the superior quality of U.S. steel.

I want to bring to the attention of the committee as well as the panel something that has not been brought up.

They say if that lock for any reason, including the collapse of American mining and steel, were not there, it would throw the country into a great depression.

What is the downside, if any? If you have a design that is not flawed like the NSCs...

OK. And how many of these were built with the Deepwater boondoggle? How many NSCs were built under the Deepwater plan?