Rob Wittman actually said...

"Welcome to the Readiness Subcommittee."

"I strongly believe that our long-term naval and Marine Corps strategies cannot be articulated until the budgetary pressures get resolved."

"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."

"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..."