"the law is crystal clear that this is something that the Commission was required to do."
"I would urge you to... get those position limits to follow the law, which is what the Congress enacted."
"And again I hope that this Congress will recognize that you have hard work to do and that you need the staff to do it to protect our economy."
"I mean there are a couple of options which, again, haven't played out."
"I mean those planes are still being used. And that is sort of a thing that I think we are struggling to understand."
"Again, those planes are, in my understanding--are used for intelligence and reconnaissance given the fact that, you know, the strategy horizon is that we are sort of going to be leaving Afghanistan so..."
"Well, again, certainly we want to work with you in terms of trying to, you know, find missions."
"you very eloquently described the value of the industrial base to our national security."
"there is no question that the momentum of two subs a year... is achieving savings."
"the strategy... clearly focuses on Asia-Pacific, and you can't have an effective strategy without a strong undersea fleet."
"The long-term effect in terms of the fleet size will be decades."
"I served on the Readiness Subcommittee for the last 5 years."