"Thank you. Before I recognize Senator Hirono, thanks for pointing out that the requirement is not just something that was arrived at by the seat-of-the-pants."
"It has everything to do with national security."
"Would the savings be in the nature of $1.7 billion?"
"We are going to need that improvement, if we are going to sustain this 355-ship Navy."
"You cannot say that often enough."
"This legislation expands the principal duties of your position to include sustainment and maintenance of ships, aircraft, and other weapons systems."
"Last week, United States Government approved selling 210 Javelin antitank missiles and 37 launchers to Ukraine."
"So, in that sense, we're fighting the bear in that regard."
"I think one of the most strategic acts in the next few months or in the next few years is that Russia demonstratively lose in Ukraine."
"Our National Defense Strategy now states that, for long-term security competitions, our competition with China and Russia are foremost."
"Should we dismiss it out of hand, or would your advice to the President of the United States be to follow up, with caution?"
"There was a RAND study that came out in December... they said that, under plausible scenarios, the United States could actually lose the next war."