"Well, just put that on the record. That'll be great."
"There is additional acceleration that could be had if we work together and are smart?"
"Senator Levin is a distinguished and thoughtful American statesman and was as evenhanded a chairman as I have ever served with in my 21 years in the House and Senate."
"Pressure is a euphemism."
"It's been a great hearing. We appreciate your service, as all members have said."
"Secretary Stackley, get back to us on the record about where that percentage of the total defense budget shipbuilding has been, where it has been historically."
"The Program utilizes existing U.S. maritime private sector capabilities at a fraction of the cost of what it would take if the Federal Government were to replicate the vessel capacity and global inter..."
"we would like to see matching up to 30 years of service, not stopping at 26."
"I hope that we do not bend over backwards so far in the name of diversity that we start trampling on the First Amendment rights of our servicemembers."
"we need flexibility in that 12 years."
"we believe that we do need the flexibility because if we are having retention issues earlier, it would be one of those things that we can use to increase our retention."