"But we must not let further decline in either our Navy fleet or our maritime commerce undermine our position."
"Shipbuilding is the long game, and that we did as a nation take a holiday."
"I appreciate your shout out to Katherine Hackett from East Haddam, Connecticut, who is really kind of an iconic story of the Great Recession."
"I give Chairman Kline all the credit in the world for moving a bill, a law that had not been changed since the Clinton Administration."
"An unfunded authorization is kind of like a get well card to somebody who is sick, it does not really fix the problem."
"28,000 people lost their lives to accidental overdoses, as you pointed out, in 2014."
"I just wondered if you could just sort of talk about your perspective on that, you know, the administration's willingness to work with us, who really want to get folks who are on standby ready to help..."
"Your portfolio is about as complex and broad as any in government, and I think you are doing an outstanding job."
"Congress, obviously, has shown a pretty clear and continued interest in C-130H engine and propeller upgrades that have provided increased efficiency."
"That is good news. And, with regards to Increment 2, again, it looks like the budget that was submitted this year, you moved up the compliance to 2028, which, last year, I think we were out in the 203..."
"The tankers, bombers, and airlift programs that fall under the projection forces side of our panel's oversight serve as the backbone of our Nation's ability to conduct operations and preserve our Nati..."