Susan Collins actually said...

"So rather than splitting the project, which significantly increases the risks to the scheduled completion date, would the Navy consider two options?"

"I can assure you that at this particular hearing that you and the Ranking Member are the favorites of all of us here on the panel."

"In the fiscal year omnibus bill, Congress decided to authorize the DDG-51 multiyear despite some reservations that GAO and others had brought up."

"It is, therefore, critical that the Navy carefully manage this multiyear procurement so that both large surface-combatant shipyards have stable and a balanced program workload to sustain the industria..."