lˈɔŋtaɪm hˈaʊs ˈɑːɹmd sˈɜːvɪsᵻz kəmˈɪɾi tʃˈɛɹmən kˈɑːɹl vˈɪnsən, hˌuːz dᵻfˈɛns spˈɛndɪŋ bˈɪlz ˈɔfən ɪŋkˈɜːd ɡɹˈoʊsᵻz kɹˈɪɾɪsˌɪzəmz, sˈɛd ʌv ɡɹˈoʊs ðˈæt "ðɛɹ ɪz ɹˈiəli nˈoʊ ɡˈʊd dᵻbˈeɪt ʌnlˈɛs ðə dʒˈɛntəlmən fɹʌm ˈaɪəwə ɪz ɪn ɪt.
Longtime House Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Vinson, whose defense spending bills often incurred Gross's criticisms, said of Gross that "there is really no good debate unless the gentleman from Iowa is in it.