"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."
"A recent article in Defense News says that each LCS costs about $70 million a year to operate."
"I would much rather see us spending some of that money there than on ships that don't float."
"How much are taxpayers spending for each LCS deployment in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility, and what is the typical duration of such a deployment?"
"How much have LCS deployments increased over the past 3 years in the SOUTHCOM areas of responsibility?"
"What capability does the LCS provide to SOUTHCOM that is not present in other available vessels in the fleet?"
"There's that old adage, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."
"I think it's really important for us to recognize that we were looking at this issue long before January 6th."
"the terrible thing is we've got demagogues on both sides and, sorry, Mr. Gaetz is the best example of the demagogue problem that we have today."
"I encourage you to create opportunities to meet with the spouses."
"I'm so sick of prayers and thoughts. I've walked off the House floor, when we do these moments of silence, because it's so hypocritical."