"We really need to know what the Coast Guard needs, unscrubbed, uncensored, and direct from the Coast Guard without OMB."
"So if the Defense Department wants 6, these are in addition to the 58? And so these would be available at some day in the future?"
"It is essential that we have good data and good information, because we are--it is our responsibility to make choices about where to spend the taxpayers' money."
"But your budget proposal doesn't provide the money to do that. Is that correct?"
"We are looking at some additional ships being built, or else we are going to go short on the operational plans to protect our coasts."
"I am going to just quickly, if I might, Mr. Chairman--I am way over time, I am sorry, here."
"I missed part of the testimony--I think you may have answered it--for the Great Lakes issue."
"Both the chairman and I are on the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, which deals with a lot of this IT stuff."
"Give us the money and you can get it done, right?"
"I think we are going to need to put a clause in the NDAA to address that."
"I believe the contract is similar to the Fast Response Cutter contract in which there is a warranty."