I know everybody in this room feels that we have betrayed a trust here.

We are talking about real money here because the Department of Defense has already spent $4.3 billion.

I'm very skeptical, I have to say with all due respect, about the plan that has been advanced...

I would just like to tell you that Ms. Stiller christened the USS Mississippi, one of the more recent Virginia attack submarines, in a dramatic show of force.

Can you explain why it is so critical to ensure these additional aircraft are procured?

What does this fifth generation capability bring to our national security and the region?

Continuous production was authorized for the Columbia-class common missile compartment, which allows the industrial base to continue manufacturing that component.

try to buy or lease some Trophy systems . . . and put those on our M1A1 tanks.

He called this assignment--I am quoting him--an extreme measure----

Replacing the legacy CH-53E remains crucial as low numbers of flyable aircraft is impacting the current state of Marine Corps aviation readiness.

The F-35B short take off vertical landing variant and the F-35C carrier variant will transform Navy and Marine Corps Aviation.

Israel has deployed Active Protection Systems (APS), such as the Trophy and Iron Fist systems, to provide protection for combat vehicles against rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles.

I am concerned that if we delay procurement, it will negatively impact cost and affordability.

As the Navy's 2016 Force Structure Assessment (FSA) seeks to build a 355-ship Navy, is the Navy reexamining its helicopter force structure?

I hope that we can continue this conversation because it is critically important, and it is bipartisan.

Yes, the F-35 is capable of exceeding every mission essential task assigned to current legacy platforms while operating in a high threat environment.

There is a very strong program of oversight and scrutiny in place to avoid any of the kinds of mishaps that have plagued other programs.

I join my colleague from New York in expressing the special respect and passion that we all feel in honoring this great holiday that remembers the service and sacrifice of great Americans, to make sure we sustain and preserve and enhance…

It's really an example of cooperative work and teamwork and I think a collaboration that sets a model for all of us.

I hope to see this Committee continue to advocate to ensure the efficacy of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.

I hope also that the plan offered by the President, the budget that cuts resources for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is defeated.

I can guarantee you, Karen and Nancy, that I will fight to continue that funding.

The simple fact of the matter is the VGB Act covers only public pools, which represent just 3 percent of all pools in the country.

The role of government in many issues related to the safety of kids is without question a critical one.

There is no excuse, none, for having the kind of drain that led to these deaths.