Elaine Luria actually said...

"Has the United States Navy ever made the determination that the presence of an aircraft carrier strike group has had a significant role in deterring a conflict from going from phase 0 to phase 3?"

"The current law says that we need to have 11 aircraft carriers. But you are bringing us a budget that actually is asking us in your 30 ship--your shipbuilding plan to never attain that goal."

"Secretary Stackley's response at the time was that he would go as far to say that it is the cornerstone or our maritime strategy."

"Thank you, again, Secretary, for appearing before our Committee, and I wanted to thank you for your recommendations against an appeal of Procopio."