Mike McIntyre: “There is no sense at all that the Lumbees are jumping in the front of the line. They have waited over a hundred years.”

This is an important hearing because we know the future of American naval power is an issue that should concern all Americans.

We do have our concern about China's action in the South and East China Seas and the ramification that has for several of our allies in the region.

Let me be clear, the term 'phased modernization'... is a misleading one.

In the end, future defense reductions will be paid for in the lives of our service members.