Jackie Speier actually said...

"that we are not paying for pigs in the poke. And that we are not providing sweetheart deals to the shipbuilders for not providing us ships at the outset that are capable of doing the job that we contr..."

"You would think all this uncertainty would prompt calls for a pause to get the LCS conceptual house in order before the Navy does a binge buy for more."

"The Navy has wasted billions in taxpayer dollars and failed to produce a ship that meets its objectives."

"Look at how much the program has changed from the Navy's early pie-in-the-sky promises."