Ray Mabus: “When America is called, the Navy and Marine Corps have always been there.”

I will protect shipbuilding until the last dog dies.

I want to thank this committee for all that you have done to ensure that the Navy and Marine Corps remain the preeminent fighting force in the world.

the President said repeatedly that he would veto a budget that locked in sequestration level funding.

If it was not giving us what we needed, or if it was too expensive, or if it wasn't going to perform in the way that it should, we killed them.