Joe Courtney actually said...

"I would like to just change the subject for a minute to talk about, recently, the Coast Guard actually was part of a deployment in the Straits of Taiwan."

"I call the meeting to order."

"Again, that really doesn't add up to a very good business case in terms of, you know, the very tough decisions that we are going to have to make."

"They, as far as I am concerned, completely abdicated on what everybody realizes must happen if we are going to move forward with a budget."