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 ..."

"schools need to have 'skin in the game.'"