Senator Chris Murphy on Wednesday spoke at a U.S. Defense Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Select Department of Defense Acquisition Programs. In his questions to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Douglas Bush, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Nickolas Guertin, and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Andrew Hunter, Murphy raised concerns about the safety and cost of the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey.