Joe Courtney actually said...

"over the last 7 or 8 years, with the help of both of our witnesses here, you know, we actually, I think, have sort of reasserted the priority of our undersea force"

"the rest of the world has not sort of stayed frozen in the post-Cold War era"

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

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