Joe Courtney actually said...

"this committee should look at the big picture here in terms of just what is national defense really"

"education is one of those that could "pay the price," quote, unquote, if we just had a sort of lopsided approach to dealing with sequestration."

"the sort of changing technology and capabilities out there are about as threatening as existed back at the time of World War I."

"the Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower... focused on the fact that our surface forces are critical to making that strategy work."