"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."
"To protect the United States interests and to do what is best for our service men and women, we need a ship that is capable of fulfilling its intended mission."
"So if an LCS is hit by a torpedo, what is survivability, that the sailors can get overboard or that they can exit the area?"
"We are here today to examine a case study in gross mismanagement on the part of the Navy."
"I think that we are talking around some realities. The reality is the Coast Guard has figured out a way to do it appropriately."
"I want to know--and I would like for you to send it to the committee and also to my personal office--how much money we have spent on repairs to the LCS fleet to date."
"I want all repairs, and you can give it to us by date so we can look at the date the ship was commissioned and the date of the repairs."
"I would like again, if you don't have that figure off the top of your head, to provide it to me and the committee how much that cost to repair."
"How does GAO rank-order the capabilities and design characteristics of each of the ships that the Navy considered during its study to determine how to develop the frigate platform, and how does GAO as..."
"Let's talk more about block buys, because my understanding is that, Secretary Stackley, you have already put out an RFP [request for proposal] that presupposes a block buy, even though you don't have ..."