"I am concerned about the programmed shrinking of our attack submarine fleet, as well as the impending retirement of our SSGNs without replacement."
"So obviously today's budgetary constraints are familiar to all of us, and some of the hardest decisions that we are going to make will be basically trade-offs between the highly capital-intensive inve..."
"Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs serve both as a boon to the domestic defense industry and our relationships with foreign partners."
"We touched on this already, but the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence does project an unclassified assessment that China will have between 313 and 342 submarines and surface combatants by 2020."
"If we want to stay competitive in a 21st Century economy, then Congress must reauthorize Perkins at a level that will meet the growing demands for CTE."
"reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act is one of my top priorities."
"What are the prospects for harvesting these investments across programs beyond the existing 3-ship buy?"
"I would like to thank our witnesses for their very informative testimony here today as always."
"I and many of my colleagues believe that this investment is absolutely key in terms of enabling our Navy in future years--not just through land-attack capability, but also through the flexibility thos..."
"As horrific as a nuclear attack on the country would be, thankfully Mother Nature didn't make it easy to make weapons-grade plutonium or highly enriched uranium."
"Developing bioweapons and using them against our population is something that terrorists could do not just once but again and again and again, and it poses great risk."