Rob Wittman actually said...

"We know that our combatant commanders request that capability quite often for things like security cooperation and crisis response and regional deterrence."

"My concern is, where we are going; where are we going to end up with capability, especially in light of reset and needing to make sure we have that capability in an area, as we know, that is going to ..."

"How do you intend to employ these ships over the next two fiscal years, and how do you intend to use the funds that Congress has allocated if not for the purpose of modernizing these assets as Congres..."

"I wanted to refer to this chart specifically and tell you of my concern about the unsatisfactory track the Navy is proposing on the current inventory projection."