John Thune actually said...

"We keep making more and more demands and resources get more and more constrained all the time."

"I have long expressed the fear that it would be proposed by the administration in effect as a way to negotiate the bomber leg of the nuclear triad away."

"Do you plan on retiring any bomber aircraft in the near future?"

"I do think it's not only a national security issue, but it's also something that I think in terms of the economic security of the country is really critical."