11/02/2021
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"I would appreciate that. I expected it that might be the response and I do appreciate it."
"I appreciate your statement that, to make up for the loss of the strike capacity of the retiring SSGNs, the Navy requested funding of approximately $121 million in fiscal year 2014 to continue the des..."
"$500 million as an additional cost is a fairly significant increment of the total cost. Is it not?"
"So it is absolutely vital that we continue the present pace of building at two submarines a year as outlined by the program submitted by the Department of the Navy."