Rob Wittman actually said...

"What I don't want is for us to be put in a position at any future time under any future construct where somebody says you have to close, you know, 20 bases or eliminate 20,000 jobs."

"I want to call to order the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and today's hearing concerning the need for a BRAC."

"I continue to have significant reservations with authorizing another BRAC round because of critical flaws in terms of both the process and the underlying assumptions."

"My question is this. We know under any scenario of BRAC taking place historically that it takes years to accrue those savings."