Susan Collins actually said...

I want to just second the concerns that Senator Blunt has raised and urge you to take a really hard look at what the impact of that rule is.

If we don't have the certainty of the 10-ship buy, we end up paying more per ship and getting fewer ships.

I am concerned that we continue to move further away from the number of ships we actually need to protect our national security.

If you really fulfilled their needs and met their requirements, we would actually need 450 ships.