Roger Wicker actually said...

"If they do not put a firm analytical foundation under this effort, there will be a risk of this effort also experiencing difficulties in execution in the years ahead."

"Anytime that you cause a ship or require a ship to be good at all things, you are going to drive up the cost factor on this."

"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."