Rick Larsen actually said...

Just an observation in the first 8 to 10 years of this decade when there seemed to be relative plenty to the defense budget, we were getting...

However, we must ensure that the needs of the military to provide for national security and defense are not shortchanged.

Small and medium-sized businesses need to be part of the defense industrial base, and that means rethinking the current model.

In these current economic times, we must make good use of every tax-dollar we spend on defense.