05/07/2021
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"As you know, we are desperately trying to drive down the backlog in our maintenance account or our maintenance backlog for our surface ships, submarines, aviation, and so the budget agreement certainl..."
"The center of naval power in the world is in Hampton Roads, and we are seeing sea-level rise."
"Secretary Mattis has been warning us, as have all of you, about the problems of CRs [continuing resolutions] for years."
"I think we all took a step forward on the readiness issue by the passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018."