Abraham Lincoln once said if he was given an hour to split a cord of wood, he would spend the first 15 minutes sharpening his axe.
I am all for markets, but only if they are real markets.
We have got to figure out how to adapt to it, not fight it and strangle it in its crib.
It seems to me time of day pricing is something that we ought to be thinking about.
If you have ever toured a sawmill most modern sawmills now have a device called an optimizer...
many of the provisions of this bill are particularly applicable in the West.
Losing competition means that you don't--the Navy doesn't get the best price.
If we don't replace sequestration, decisions we make today to defer shipbuilding programs will have 30-year consequences...
This is a major area where the Russians are moving very aggressively, and I think we need to take account of that.
If we reimpose sequestration this year, as you've testified, that would be a severe impact across the board.
The road to hell is often paved with good intentions.