Tom Carper actually said...

I welcome this important hearing, and I want to thank our Chair and Ranking Member for pulling this all together.

We need to build upon the prior success of this Committee to provide the wherewithal to modernize our infrastructure.

DOD has never achieved an audit, an unqualified audit, and they have huge cost overruns for major weapons systems.

The United States spends more on defense than the next 10 nations combined, and we have a request for another $600-plus billion.