Thom Tillis actually said...

"Thank you all, gentlemen. To your spouses, thank them for their service too because I know, if it is like my job, it is teamwork that makes it possible."

"I do not agree with that. I think that there are--we are comparing probably not the right data sets."

"Some of them we may not address in the most efficient manner possible, and there are a lot of opportunities for, I think, improvement here."

"The topics we are going to discuss today are vital to the health of our All-Volunteer Force."