"Thank you for working with the committee last year as we have an, obviously, high degree of member interest."
"I firmly believe that what this subcommittee and the rest of Congress does about national defense and military readiness will be a defining issue."
"The need to modernize and recapitalize these aircraft and their capabilities is increasingly critical."
"I find that kind of striking because yesterday your colleague, Admiral Harris, made precisely the same recommendation."
"The testimony we have had just in the last 2 days from two of our major combatant commanders... has really underscored the seapower challenges."
"Again, I think we learned again the harm recently when the Hague Convention denied the U.S. request to intervene on the Philippine claims in the South China Sea."
"Myself and Congressman Don Young are going to introduce a bipartisan resolution in the House."
"Environmental, economic, and recreational management of Long Island Sound has long been a collaborative partnership between Connecticut and New York."
"This is damaging people's livelihood, and I think we need to be a lot more careful in terms of how we, as a Congress, treat Federal jurisdiction and people's rights in terms of reliance on their abili..."
"Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary, which borders on three states."
"The law is the law. You have to change it."