"I am really baffled at how the Navy can submit a budget that decommissions the Harry S. Truman halfway through their life cycle."
"I believe that any budget that the executive branch submits has to start with the things that are mandated by Congress to be fully funded."
"They are going to turn and ask, 'Where are my aircraft carriers?'"
"I don't think that the President is going to turn to the Secretary of Defense and say, 'Where are my unmanned surface vessels?' when a conflict breaks out in the world."
"Navy Region Mid-Atlantic and the greater Hampton Roads area is one of the most vulnerable to flooding of military operational installations in the United States."
"There really are not any resources currently allocated behind fixing these problems."
"In providing forces to stop the tide of illegal immigration, stop human trafficking, and stop the flow of illegal drugs."