"the current posture, in my, in my view is unacceptable."
"I have repeatedly expressed my concerns about the Department's pace for growing and modernizing the ships, the aircraft, and the weapons that are required for a potential fight with China."
"In the words of Albert Einstein, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different outcomes."
"That was a very efficient opening statement."
"The future is one where I would tell you that the jobs that you see today may not exist in the jobs in the future."
"There is honor in government service."
"The Chinese Communist Government is the number-one threat to America right now, and we have to do something before they buy up farmland and they start firing missiles at our stealth bombers."
"I would prefer that we win. As we say in Green Bay, winning isn't everything. It's the only thing."
"the need for advanced data, algorithmic and AI capabilities is more urgent than ever."
"This is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century."
"The Chinese Communist Party poses a serious and highly complex threat to the future of the United States."