Joe Courtney actually said...

I think it was our duty to try and address the fact that there clearly were systemic problems that exposed the taxpayer and the middle-class...

I think he followed what was a demand from this Branch of the Government to step back from this whole question.

The United States Air Force will support our Army or die trying.

What he did at that time, which I think was the right call, was exercise what I think he described as 'unique capabilities.'