"We are going to try to work hard. We may not be able to do it in one fell swoop, but we are going to try to chip away at this and get it done."
"We have to restore that 5 percent."
"When I go back home, I hear from parents, hey, we don't really think our kid should join right now because the focus is not on warfighting."
"We are not short of leaders, and so we have got to make sure that our leadership development and caring and compassion is strong."
"So the infrastructure, the child care access, access to medical benefits, the housing that is there, that is where they live, that is also where they fight."
"I think we need to have an emergency 24/7 backup capability that can't be taken out by surprise."
"They've tried to present to me to how they feel it's survivable, I have not been convinced."
"We've got to find a way to do that, and I'm going to be pushing this until we get resolution within DOD."
"We're not here to accommodate eight people who just kicked us in the shins. They don't support our party in a sense. It's all about media clicks."
"I have heard more from our military members and spouses... it has been more about the housing."
"I think you have highlighted something that this committee knows we have got to focus on."