James Langevin actually said...

"The Navy has been a leader in trying to push these technologies that have been in the lab and get them actually into the field."

"As budgets grow smaller we recognize the necessity of continuing a robust investment in S&T."

"Maintaining the United States technological edge is a priority for the House Armed Services Committee and, most especially, for this subcommittee."

"Emerging technologies born of past and current investments, like directed energy and other high-energy weapons, have the potential to deliver paradigm-shifting capabilities to our warfighters."