"But is it safe to say that if sequestration continues into the indefinite foreseeable future, we will have a substantial impact on shipbuilding?"
"But that 306 number in 24 years is based upon no sequestration."
"I was frankly surprised that the 306-ship goal would not be reached for 24 years."
"What is going on in this institution with regard to the fiscal situation is inexcusable, and to me it is a fundamental issue of competence."
"It strikes me that the overall impression from this hearing is that we are really in a situation, particularly with sequestration, where readiness and modernization are in competition with each other."
"The Benghazi situation taught us that timeliness of response is important."
"I have a feeling now that we are having a somewhat similar experience of it will never happen again."
"we need to hear about the effects particularly of the sequestration because it will not do to have a crisis that we are unable to respond to adequately"
"the sequester itself is the most serious security risk this country faces right now?"
"We won't know what we've missed until something blows up."
"Does political pressure in a country like Iran mean anything?"