"What are the ways that you can knock it out of commission and what are the things we need to do to make sure it's not knocked out of commission before it actually happens?"
"I believe in Murphy's law. All right. And it doesn't mean everything's bad, it just says anything that can happen will."
"I'm worried more also about our ability to respond around the world and an adversary taking certain actions to make sure that we don't respond around the world."
"That's a sad state of affairs, to say the least."
"If we were to get into a conflict with China now, we would be Japan and they would be us, although much worse."
"We have to get more competitive in the global marketplace."
"I would love to get all of your perspectives on the legislation that we need in order to keep America safe."
"The ships that dock here that don't have American sailors, they have different licensing requirements."
"It should be about safety, Congressman, and I would ask that we defer to the Coast Guard to understand the differences and to provide that detail to make sure that that safety element is being satisfi..."
"Hopefully, the bill that's coming through, the minibus, I guess we're calling it, will help to address this in an immediate way."
"But the only way to fix it is to put more resources and expand the number of people who can address the problem."
"I think I speak for all of us on the committee that we want to see the front-line personnel paid a fair and equitable wage, on parity with the rest of the Federal Government."