Thad Cochran actually said...

I appreciate the fact that in our State of Mississippi we're building Coast Guard vessels.

One of the things we are proud of in our State is the fact we have a shipbuilding capability on the Mississippi gulf coast at Pascagoula.

I would like to join my colleague from Tennessee and express my concerns that we are walking into an area where there is some uncertainty.

Madam Secretary, I was looking at the funding amounts that this subcommittee has already recommended and have been approved by Congress.