Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"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?"

"Secretary Westphal and Secretary Matiella, to what extent are these efforts documented sufficiently to help ensure that they will be implemented in a timely and effective manner?"

"I think it is important. We have to be able to account to taxpayers."