06/23/2004
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"I'm concerned that the combatant commanders have testified repeatedly about the increasing importance of the maritime domain and their areas of responsibility."
"I'm concerned that the budget projects only 285 ships by fiscal year 2017 when every study I've seen... have said that we need a minimum of between 300 and 315 ships."
"This Committee has tried to do its part in connection with the housing crisis."
"The importance of our Navy and to our ability to project power, particularly with the pivot to the Asia Pacific region, cannot be overstated."