Warren Davidson actually said...

"Thank you. It is an honor to come before your subcommittee. Thanks for the work you are doing to help get our Defense Department on a path to a stronger capability."

"the concern here is that this is really not just a chilling effect but perhaps even a chance to criminalize scientific inquiry, to basically say dissent that others might have is going to subject you ..."

"We cannot create a bigger middle class simply by decreeing it from Washington any better than it has been decreed from any throne anywhere in the world."

"The idea that there could be some national edict, that is going to set a standard, is entirely market distorting."