Roger Wicker actually said...

"if last year's authority to implement the dual sole-source award strategy for the LCS program were amended to give the Navy the explicit authority to use EOQ purchases as part of the block-buy contrac..."

"if the San Antonio-class of ships had remained on schedule for delivery would we be experiencing this amphibious ship gap that raises so many concerns today?"

"Secretary Stackley, how many of those ships had their service lives extended beyond what was intended when they were built?"

"What, if anything, is the Navy doing, or will it do, to support the shipbuilding industrial base?"