James Inhofe actually said...

"I appreciate both of you. We have to let the people know that we have a real serious problem here, and I think this hearing is our opportunity to do that."

"The longer we allow our force to deteriorate, the harder and more expensive it will be to repair and rebuild."

"There could be, for the first time in my career, instances where we may be asked to respond to a crisis and we will have to say that we cannot."

"Yes, but time, would you not agree, equals risk at the time we need these?"