"I want to thank you for being so proactive in your engagement with the committee. I am honored to Chair the Task Force on Denying Terrorist Entry Into the United States."
"We would never do that. We should never do that."
"I think some of them are doing it well, but we could never do it in our country, because of----"
"If there is a better argument for the need to move aggressively to 355 ships, I have yet to hear it."
"I worry when we get into mitigation in production rates that really what we are admitting is that--I mean, if 2 of our yards, 2 of the 7 are having difficulties, I don't see any way we can get to 355 ..."
"So when is the soonest we and the American people could see a Navy plan for getting to 355 in the 2020s, as the CNO says we must?"
"The relative cost of our systems and the high value we rightly place on survivability may make political leadership less likely to deploy them in a risky expeditionary environment."
"I think you have a lot of allies here when it comes to embracing bold reform."
"The time for superficial conversation and insubstantial changes to regulations and statutes has passed."
"Thank you. Mr. Ramotowski, your written testimony states that the vast majority of visa applicants are interviewed by a consular officer."
"I want to start by welcoming back our expert witnesses to the Capitol and thank them for being here today."