Ben Nelson: “The conventional DOD acquisition process is too long and too cumbersome to fit the needs of the many systems that…”

We must preserve our core fundamental space capabilities in this tight budget environment.

In the 2011 DOE financial report, it lists the cleanup liability for former Cold War production sites at some $250 billion over the next 75 years.

In the report, you're deferring the construction of the CMRR facility, which is a key tenet of the commitment to the Senate and Congress during the New START debate.

I think we all agree on the necessity of implementing Dodd-Frank, and as you have said, in a sound and reasonable time frame and in a sound and reasonable way to deal with reckless speculation.