03/05/2018
https://congress.gov...
"In your 37 years of service have you ever seen more capable and combat ready surface combatants that we have in the fleet today?"
"Is this in the best interest of national security, not just based on today's needs but what we project out into the future?"
"Based on the threat and the risks at sea and our desire to project power and answer the call to execute the core missions of the Navy, is this the fleet that we want, the fleet that we need, or the fl..."
"Some up here like to argue that we have the smallest Navy since WWI. In reality we now have highly trained, all-volunteer crews that operate the most technologically advanced ships in the world."