"I am actually very bullish on the pipeline model in terms of sort of fast pre-apprenticeship."
"the budget that came over for shipbuilding at, roughly, between $28 and $29 billion is the first time in 6 years that it's been higher than the prior year's enacted level"
"the fleet was dropping to 42. The new documents that you've submitted shows that we actually hold the line at 46"
"You can delegate responsibility, but you can't delegate accountability. And we can do better. We must do better."
"It is Congress, not the Department of Defense, that legislates."
"Those are eye-watering statistics in terms of the pandemic response, which I think is going to go down in the annals of our country's public health history."
"I led a letter with 31 members supporting your efforts."
"I think really any relief would be very welcome, and I have certainly heard that from my constituents."
"the President, back in December, designated the submarine workforce as essential in a Defense Production Act Executive order"
"As General Omar Bradley once said, strategy is for amateurs. Logistics is for professionals."
"I think the world owes President Zelensky and the Ukraine a great thank you."
"I fall into the category of Vladimir Putin had no intentions of stopping with Ukraine."