"It is almost as if we need a war footing now when it comes to critical munitions in order to avoid the war."
"You have to assume you are fighting with what is already in theater, just given the geography of the Indo-Pacific."
"In order to do that, you got to build more frigates."
"I think China is the largest threat, Mr. Secretary, respectfully, and not climate change..."
"I just would suggest--I know we got a little bit, but it is well below the authorized number."
"To me the solution is obvious. We have multiyear authority. We need multiyear appropriation."
"I think we have a huge opportunity to fix this and start to rebuild our stockpiles."
"I think we should test those claims."
"the intent of the Committee, was to accelerate groundbreaking digital engineering for military aviation"
"I think that is unacceptable. I think Congress needs to fix that, Chairman, and give them the 100 percent of what they are owed."
"This committee will also be closely monitoring progress on the modernization of our nuclear triad."