"this is what I'm hearing from the private sector and certainly hearing from you."
"Are you satisfied that you and your leadership completely understand the risk associated with shutting down the U.S. tank industrial base in 2014?"
"Are these costs funded in the Army budget request?"
"Are there Abrams tank suppliers that provide U.S. specific content that we would be in danger of losing if we did not produce any domestic tanks?"
"I think there needs to be a wakeup call here that we need to act and act soon in order to avoid that."
"Why do you want to end procurement at 742 vehicles?"
"General Mattis, what is your estimate of fuel required for fiscal year 2013 for two or four C-27Js fulfilling resupply missions in Afghanistan as opposed to those missions supported by a combination o..."
"The value of competition in our procurement practices is critical to achieving the best-value for our Government and its taxpayers."
"it not only adds another $12 trillion to our debt, taking it up to over $25 trillion."
"the mandatory spending for the military sustainable, you gave a simple answer, no."
"We need effective partners. We cannot do it all ourselves."