James Langevin actually said...

"Unfortunately, the Department of Defense has failed significantly to meet its statutory mandate on this report, and I am concerned that we are now in a cycle of throwing good money after bad."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank all of our witnesses for your testimony today."

"I thank the ranking member. I want to thank all of our witnesses for your testimony today."

"To say it another way, normalizing for inflation and labor cost escalation, this S&T budget has effectively been shrinking for years."