John Garamendi actually said...

"My sense of the Department of Defense over the last decade, but maybe longer than that, is it has neglected the maintenance across all services."

"Clearly, we have a situation in which on the military side of it, space is a domain for war, and, unfortunately, we are all, not just the United States, China, and Russia, but others, rapidly militari..."

"The Marine Corps must be the Nation's premier fighting force. We can't become a Marine Corps that only cares about safety."

"The Marine Corps failed--failed to adequately maintain the material readiness of the AAV fleet."