Joe Courtney actually said...

"But what you can't do in my mind in terms of the labor standards is cut taxes on wealthy people so that you cannot pay middle class a fair wage for a fair day's work."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Wittman, for holding today's hearing on Navy force structure and readiness."

"this is a really big cost to the country and to the taxpayer."

"the efforts were rendered less effective as Mr. Courtney suggested by the sequestration in 2013."