Political Quotes

“That is one of the things I was really impressed with on this report. You guys didn't hold any punches. You said exactly what it was. In fact, I have a list of the quotes that were in there that I actually used on the floor yesterday. I guess they were from the different members--the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense, and the rest of them--that showed very clearly it was not adequately reauthorized and that we were going to have to do something about it. I do want to ask what the Senator's recommendation was on the Commission to do it. Where is that chart? That is not the one I want. This is kind of a shocker for a lot of people. People don't realize this is just one element of it that shows that China is actually passing us up. By 2030, it is going to have a larger navy than we have. You and I have been on both the House Armed Services Committee and on the Senate Armed Services Committee and have watched. It is kind of hard to concede that the time we always feared was going to be there is there now, that we are now faced with that problem. What kind of recommendation did the Commission come up with to get us out of this hole?”