John Garamendi actually said...

"If we don't have a clear schedule, if those ships are not coming back on schedule, then the best of intentions are just simply aren't going to work."

"I would be remiss in saying that the power of the purse lies with the Congress, not with the President."

"The bottom line here is we sit here and we talk about these things forever--and we have for at least the last half-dozen years, if not longer."

"If we were to build vessels in the United States--for example, oilers and LNG vessels--we might have more competition in our shipyards, with a reduced price to the U.S. Navy for its kinetic vessels."