Don Bacon: “To say the process is daunting and the work tremendous is simply an understatement, and we have a lot of work to do.”

I think he needed to set appropriate and honest expectations here.

I think it's better just to acknowledge, hey, this is a problem, and we got – we got to work towards getting wages climbing faster than inflation.

We should have oversight. We should bring in secretary of the Navy and/or the commander, the – the service chief of the Navy, and have them explain to us the truth on that.

We’ve waited 18 months and they’ve done nothing. I look forward to the speaker submitting a better bill. If he’s serious. I was tired of the excuses … history is being written and it will be a dark chapter if we don’t help Ukraine win.