"You are not currently prepared for this posting, period, and you need to shape up and do some homework."
"He's not qualified for the job, just by nature of the fact that he participated in this Signal chain."
"Trump is throwing himself a $30 million birthday parade just to stroke his own ego."
"After the deadly crash near Reagan National Airport, FAA closed the helicopter route involved, but a lack of coordination between FAA and the Department of Defense has continued to put the flying publ..."
"This man is completely unqualified to be Secretary of Defense, and needs to be fired because he's putting our nation's military readiness at stake."
"We need to make sure – the Navy needs more ships. We need more – and the Merchant Mariners need more boats, more ships."
"We should be listening to Midwest Democrats a lot more."
"We can, if Republicans will stop, you know, rolling over for this President. We can actually rescue this program."
"This is a vital program that keeps our military stronger and also makes it more lethal."
"I'm campaigning for the American people. I'm campaigning for my constituencies."
"There's no way he can do that and do it well, especially since there's such incompetence over at DOD."