"How can we look at the request for only one Virginia Class Submarine in fiscal year 2025, as anything but a pretty enormous step back for our industrial base?"
"Congress dropped the ball on that because that would have changed things dramatically."
"The truth is, is that those additional investments also include people's lives if we don't do what we need to do today."
"I am very concerned about the security and stability situation in the region."
"We must be clear-eyed that this budget request would represent a real cut in funding for the Department of Defense as it fails to keep pace with inflation."
"The Sentinel Project is a project that is near and dear to both Senator Hoeven and me."
"I think that is ineptness on Congress' part, not on yours, and we tend to tie your hands behind your back when we don't get budgets done on time."
"In my opinion, this is a disgrace."
"But we have failed miserably in getting the budget done on time."
"It is long past time to get these funds signed into law."
"Eisenhower warned of the military industrial complex."