Angus King actually said...

"I can't resist, in closing, pointing out the irony of if we were called upon to come to the aid of one of our allies in that region against an expansionist China, given our terrible financial conditio..."

"Some predictable funding level from year to year is an important part of your being able to meet this challenge?"

"It's somewhat out of the scope of this hearing, Mr. Chairman, but I woke up this morning suddenly thinking about what happened in West Virginia, which was an accident."

"Force presence matters, and having forces... to be ready to respond immediately to our friends and allies, especially our allies there, matters."