Joe Courtney actually said...

"we just don't lose that, you know, incredibly important edge that our country has in terms of the undersea domain"

"the submarines are going to cost less money than their predecessors while offering more capability."

"should we be looking at maybe trying to modify that proposal to, again, maximize the benefit of that modification?"

"the sort of post-Cold War holiday in the undersea realm is over, and the world is changing."