Joe Courtney actually said...

"If there is any perception that AUKUS is something that starts after passage of those legislative proposals, I want to address that right away."

"I think that really kind of foot-stomps the need for us to really, as we go into conference, do as much as we possibly can to get these through."

"Following the Congressional Budget Office's report on the Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan, there was reporting that AUKUS would cause a 10-year dip in attack submarine inventory."

"It has been over 2 years since the AUKUS security agreement was formally announced, based on a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific."