Ray Mabus: “Energy is about not just defense, but security; not just survival, but prosperity.”

Because of the long lead time needed for shipbuilding, it is not the job of one administration. It is not the job of one Congress.

It is an example, Senator, of when you miss a year building a ship, because we missed some years--we only built one submarine instead of two--you just do not make that up.

For me, leading the Department of the Navy is the greatest honor of my life.

It`s huge. It`s huge symbolically as you pointed out. This was the ship that threatened the Ukrainians on Snake Island and they told them to go do something you can`t say on TV.