Roger Wicker actually said...

"I think the Navy needs to, instead of opening a wide aperture and seeing what comes in, make some choices about what they need this ship to do."

"This is going to be our third attempt in the last 15 years to try and get right the issue of smalls surface combatant procurement."

"I believe that the ship should provide self-air defense, but we, as has already been testified to, have been buying excess capacity of air defense in the Burke-class for a number of years."

"Are you heartened that he says we can do it 18 years?"