Jackie Speier actually said...

"I have a very different view of the littoral combat ship than my colleague, and I would like to drill down on this a little bit."

"The Freedom class is, in my view and in the view of many, terribly unreliable, with the Little Rock, Detroit, and Sioux City all recently experiencing major propulsion failures."

"Despite the impending threats, federal efforts for bay restoration and pollution mitigation have failed to meet the enormous need."

"The overall lack of federal funding for restoration efforts for the San Francisco Bay... threatens to drown the Bay's wetlands."