Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"How do we solve this? How do we get to the point where there is not this position?"

"I am concerned that the annual transfer of funds between defense accounts, especially at the end of the fiscal year, decreases accountability and increases the difficulty in achieving accurate financi..."

"Due to a change in Federal accounting rules that would accelerate the amount contractors can recover from DOD for their employee pension costs, DOD may have to pay billions of dollars more for weapons..."

"How can we change this process to ensure the budget proposals reviewed by Congress are an accurate accounting of what we expect to pay?"