Jack Reed actually said...

"And you cannot do it without congressional authority."

"I think your budget, the President's budget, recognizes this."

"I would hope in the future we could learn lessons from Hurricane Sandy and recognize that we are on the firing lines."

"I would hope that this committee will look very favorably on providing funds through that mechanism, which could be applied, to the point you made, which would be to supplement your shipbuilding funds..."