Roger Wicker actually said...

"I hope it can be avoided. I desperately hope it can be avoided and believe we should have made the tough decisions with regard to the explosion of entitlement spending."

"Let me just say, we're going to be looking at this very closely."

"Admiral Greenert, can the neoprene boot be removed from the Seawolf spare dome and reused?"

"Admiral Greenert, does the Navy have plans to build additional spares if the current spare cannot be repaired?"