"This is not the United States of California, this is the United States of America."
"So it is my hope that we will continue to work in a bipartisan fashion to fund urgent priorities such as icebreakers."
"It seems like we have got money for everything except for the things we actually need that are vital."
"I think a consistent theme that you have heard on this committee, certainly from the ranking member, is that we need more icebreakers."
"This bipartisan policy, supported by Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), was included in H.R. 3684."
"I think we all agree that these are crimes that have absolutely no place in the United States military."
"This was a very fruitful discussion. Thank you."
"It has taken us an hour and a half, talking about threats to America, I am glad we finally identified that the appropriators are among them."
"I look forward to hearing from our panels today about how the Department of Defense will approach sexual assault and sexual harassment in the future."
"Secretary Austin, I know we share a commitment to ensuring the Constellation-class frigate is a success."
"Can you talk a bit about what in the threat environment has changed so that the Army end strength in the FY22 budget is now at 485,000?"