"You think you can do it only if the ships are meeting your schedule, that is the ships are available by your schedule."
"That was excellent. That was really, really well done by both of you."
"You cannot take care of a 290 fleet, and therefore we ought to stop building new ships until you can take care of what you have."
"I have asked Ms. Luria to join us on these committee hearings as much as possible, particularly when we are dealing in an area of which she has significant history and experience."
"I perceive this scheduling issue to be fundamental. And it is basically a power issue."
"I am very, very concerned that all of the best intentions that you may have... are going to be pushed aside by the COCOM commanders."
"I would be remiss in saying that the power of the purse lies with the Congress, not with the President."
"The committee will come to order."
"I want to pick that sustainment issue up and carry it forward."
"I might add that you have got a 20-year plan to upgrade the infrastructure. I don't know how you can meet today's demand with a 20-year plan for updating the infrastructure."
"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."