06/18/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"Mr. Marcus, if confirmed, you would be responsible for protecting the civil rights of American students at a time when Nazis and white supremacists are marching across college campuses with tiki torch..."
"I just want to underline that I think we need to be focused on not just the inputs, the number of ships or marines or aircraft, but also on the outputs, the goals we are trying to achieve with the for..."
"Even if Congress provided a $700 billion budget tomorrow, it would be several years before the Navy reached 355 ships or DOD could deploy 2,000 F-35 fighter jets."
"I think we need to consider that when we are looking at our capability gaps against China and Russia, in particular."