"It resulted in the waste of $4 billion just for the United States Navy."
"We can't afford the wasting of those dollars and we can't afford the interruptions."
"Well, very good. Well, thank you, Chairman Courtney. Thanks again for your leadership and your vision in really pushing this forward."
"This is incredibly important, but it is incredibly important to make sure that we get it right."
"But I fear the zeal to deliver the future could possibly lead to waste today."
"We would like to have success, but we understand this is a very innovative and creative process, so if there is a failure, we want to make that sure we acknowledge that early."
"The Navy needs to develop an unmanned, long-range, carrier-based, penetrating strike capability."
"Get it in the hands of sailors and Marines. Get it in the hands of the fleet. Let them push it and try it and figure out what works and what doesn't."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Gentlemen, thanks so much for coming to join us today."
"I just hope to follow up with not just with Newport News but other companies that perform critical functions for our military to make sure that there is no interruption in vaccines there."
"Do you believe that if we do not address these issues now, much of the good work undertaken by the Department and industry to maintain the viability of the defense industrial during this crisis could ..."
"I want to thank Chairman Courtney for yielding, and I want to thank our witnesses for participating today."