Roger Wicker actually said...

"one of the many new technologies on the Ford-class aircraft carrier is the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear."

"Admiral Burke, how does retiring seven Ticonderoga Aegis-class cruisers early and putting two LSD amphibious ships in reduced operating status square away with the Secretary of Defense's new strategic..."

"But I'm particularly concerned about the proposed construction of new ships that will lead to job reductions, that we're going to have to make up for later on."

"I believe these proposed cuts to our naval capabilities without a plan to compensate for them will place our strategic interests in the Asia-Pacific region and Arabian Sea at greater risk."