02/26/2019
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"I welcome this reassessment of our force structure requirements, which is the subject of today's hearing."
"Even when we meet the 308-ship goal, key shortfalls will remain."
"But yet, we can't do more with less. We have to do less with less."
"The current requirement of 48 was set nearly a decade ago before undersea resurgence that we see now by China and Russia."