This was a shocking and unprecedented intervention in a low-level review. It was also a reminder that the President has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set…

What message does that send to the troops? ... We have to have good order and discipline.

I could not in good conscience, unquote, obey President Trump's order.

It would be devastating. For all the money that you have given us, the 2017 RAA, the 2018 and 2019 budget, we are up on the bicycle. We are pedaling down the street. We go into a CR, we fall off the bike, period.

Sequestration, as you've heard me say before, and continuing resolutions have cost the Navy about $4 billion in wasted dollars.

Our budget submission supports building a more lethal, resilient, and agile force to deter and defeat aggression.

Your Navy-Marine Corps team remains very capable; however, our competitive advantage is being challenged.

It has cost us $4 billion. That is not lost opportunity; that is $4 billion in cash in a trash can with lighter fluid, burn it.

The issues of safety and training and their impact on readiness are of vital importance to the security of our Nation.

I want to express our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones and the crews who have lost one of their own in the last few months.

We pledge our full support to their families and crews. We're going to back our words with actions.

We have a problem in the Navy, and we're going to fix it.

Hail, Trump. Hail our people. Hail victory.

Whether it's nice to say that or not, we won and we got to define what America means. We got to define what this continent means, America, at the end of the day, belongs to white men.

You have one dollar to spend on your benefits. Your healthcare costs 50 cents, your retirement costs 33 cents, your commissary costs 26 cents.