"The finger-pointing and chest-thumping that goes on up here... is just totally inexcusable and unacceptable."
"we just don't lose that, you know, incredibly important edge that our country has in terms of the undersea domain"
"the submarines are going to cost less money than their predecessors while offering more capability."
"should we be looking at maybe trying to modify that proposal to, again, maximize the benefit of that modification?"
"the sort of post-Cold War holiday in the undersea realm is over, and the world is changing."
"the rest of the world has not sort of stayed frozen in the post-Cold War era"
"over the last 7 or 8 years, with the help of both of our witnesses here, you know, we actually, I think, have sort of reasserted the priority of our undersea force"
"Thank you, General, for your service and testimony here today. You have probably one of the most complex missions, I think, almost you could possibly even imagine."
"I mean, I think that would send a powerful message that there is real change happening if there is reforms that the government can really talk about."
"I was wondering, just for the sake of members who, you know, maybe aren't as familiar with the type of missions..."
"So thank you to the witnesses for being here and your outstanding testimony."