Mazie Hirono actually said...

"I would like to ask you how are you incorporating the shift to the Asia-Pacific as you consider expanding the fleet to deploy the number of ships you need?"

"It has been long enough and the time for leadership is certainly now."

"Funding for critical programs, both defense and non-defense, is not an either/or proposition."

"The mindless cuts to defense and non-defense programs brought by sequestration were meant to be so bad that Congress would move forward or would be forced to find an alternative way forward."