Jack Reed actually said...

"I would just ask you to seriously consider the option of not taking the ship out of Narragansett Bay and spending $20 million for it elsewhere but spending very little and simply transferring it acros..."

"A final point is that you have a significant cut, 27 percent, $7 million, in ocean exploration, and it becomes more and more important."

"Given the tightness of your budget, and that's being mild, the idea of generating $20 million to do something that, frankly, could be done as well, and I would argue better, by simply moving the ship ..."

"I hope we can all agree that the status quo is not acceptable and that we can't delay in addressing the rising student loan debt."