07/06/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"This position is most recently reflected in the fiscal year 2011 President's budget submission which once again does not include funding for the JSF F136 alternate engine."
"Obviously you served in the DOD before you were in this position. We have continued to be troubled, hounded, frustrated, and infuriated by the fact that these systems that we need so much are costing ..."
"The total cost will be $50 billion. That's by that April 2016 date that we're talking about?"
"the broad consensus in support of defense spending is going to begin to break or at least be under real pressure"