I am very concerned about the security and stability situation in the region.
This is a very dangerous time in which we live, in my lifetime, probably comparable to the early '60s with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex.
The fact that some of these corporations are using the money to buy stocks back without building capacity first is incredibly irresponsible.
The world doesn't follow any congressional calendar.
I do not think it is acceptable to be continuing to say: Don't worry about this, it is coming.
Headlines and delays like this should constitute a full-blown emergency for the Navy and the shipbuilding industry.
We've got countries that are fighting for democracy.
When you are recruiting people to join the Space Force, are you recruiting people from other Service branches?
Yet we continue to fiddle and do Putin's bidding.
Do you guys have a plan to fix the shortages that you perceive within the contracting. Yes, or no?