"The subcommittee is now in session and meets this morning to hear testimony from the Department of the Navy on the fiscal year 2022 budget."
"I think it is really--particularly when we are talking about transition type of plans, is that you have got to have more than a 1-year set of headlights."
"Thank you, Mr. Golden."
"we keep getting it pulled out from under us and putting all our eggs in the basket of some sort of future, magical third offset thing."
"we are on standby to help move that and fix that issue"
"we are going to buy future capability even though we can't really make the math work for present capacity."
"what are we doing now, today, to deter the PLA from attempting an invasion of Taiwan?"
"We have got to fund readiness, because if we don't have a ready force, we don't have a force."
"Unfortunately, when a budget comes over without a FYDP and without a 30-year shipbuilding plan, it, frankly, makes your job a lot harder."
"Unfortunately, we only spend a fraction of that on workforce development programs that help people gain the skills they need to obtain good-paying long-term jobs."
"As you know the United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world at great cost to our society."