"I'm very concerned about the proposal in the fiscal year 2013 budget of where this will bring our production rate."
"I'm deeply troubled, Admiral, when you tell me that if we allow, this Congress, sequestration to go forward that our fleet could be in a position where it would go from 285 capacity to 235."
"I'm very proud of the maintenance done at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the excellent work done there on the Virginia-class submarine."
"We can't drive our national security interests, particularly on something so important as our attack submarine fleet, by just being handed a number by Congress."
"I hope that we will act immediately on a bipartisan basis in Congress to stop the sequestration, because when you think about our fleet going down to 235 that is an unacceptable risk to our country an..."
"The Navy has a requirement for 48 attack submarines?"
"I think that so many of our pilots in the Guard and Reserve have flown in the active duty also before they've served."
"having good financial data and making sure that our DOD is auditable I think has to be a top priority for us."
"You know I'm a huge fan of the A-10 because I am married to an A-10 pilot."
"this is important for us to do? Is this an important exercise?"
"I had introduced an amendment to the NDAA that passed unanimously--it didn't end up getting adopted in the House--to basically say to DOD to meet the 2014 deadline that the Secretary has set for it."