"But at this point what is needed, now more than ever, is decisive and thoughtful decisionmaking, not only within the administration but also here in Congress."
"The American public will decide what that administration will be in the future, although I have my own ideas about what would be best."
"They are kind of biding their time with $150 million in the various--and then laying out some strategy into the future."
"We are coming to that point, I think. And so we are going to have to make some decisions here."
"No way, no how will this icebreaker--one, two, or more--be built in a foreign shipyard. It will be made in America, period."
"Fortunately, when it comes to the Arctic region, by just about any measure the volume of planning initiatives undertaken by the Federal Government over the last several years has been both comprehensi..."
"We have got about 95,000 miles of coastal area in the United States. We have got 360 ports of various sizes around the Nation, and islands, and so forth, all of which present an opportunity for bad th..."
"The answer is not appreciated. Either you have adequate funding or you do not."
"These threats are real, they have to be addressed."
"Do you have adequate funding to carry out the tasks that you have been assigned?"
"It is our job to provide the funding necessary to protect America, and your job is to carry it out."