Ben Nelson: “In the 2011 DOE financial report, it lists the cleanup liability for former Cold War production sites at some $250…”

Let me add my thoughts. We ask you to reduce budgets, to watch the growth, and then when you come before us after you've done it, then we question why you've done it and whether you've done it right or not.

It is encouraging to know that there is that effort at coordination and collaboration because if there is any quick way to lose opportunity or to miss optimization, it is everyone going off on their own way.

I firmly agree with the importance of oversight because we are in a government-owned/contractor-operated situation, there are substantial liabilities.

PTSS would be a critical component of both Homeland and regional missile defense as it greatly enhances sensor coverage.