Debra Fischer actually said...

"Dr. Soofer, please provide an anticipated timeline and associated milestones for the Department's Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) for the sea-launched cruise missile?"

"If we don't, we're going to have a gap, and that gap is going to adversely affect our deterrence to the point where it may not be credible."

"I am especially pleased to see included in this legislation policies that I have championed in this Committee for many years."

"Will the Department provide that implementation guidance to this committee?"