Roger Wicker actually said...

"The reason we adopted sequestration in the first place was as an incentive to make us come to grips with entitlement programs."

"I also said in my opening statement--on short-range defense systems and long-range precision fires, can you give us anything on the Navy and the Marine Corps leveraging each other's capabilities?"

"General Walsh, before I recognize Senator Rounds, if we came back early on a Monday morning and went to Aberdeen, what could this subcommittee--what sort of testing could you show this subcommittee?"

"For too long many Marine Corps modernization programs have suffered from drown-out development timelines and unrealistic requirements and cost overruns."