Mazie Hirono actually said...

"I am concerned that sequestration could disproportionately impact the Marine Corps on everything from modernization to readiness."

"As Commandant of the Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford recently said, there is an amphibious ship and connector capability gap that we must deal with if we are to revitalize amphibious forces and me..."

"If we were to go down a path of open competition... there is tremendous uncertainty."

"The fiscal uncertainty that we have been operating under for too many years has resulted in a chronic and increasingly dangerous disconnect between strategy, military requirements, budget estimates, a..."