Conrad Burns: “I commend him, I commend the Co-Chairman, Senator Inouye, for trying to work with this committee.”

Does this funding cover only development, and how are the traditional acquisition procurement wedges incorporated with the Ballistic Missile Defense System?

We would like to see what you have proposed. We would like to work with you on that.

The record will be kept open for a couple of weeks.

I don't want history to repeat itself because I used to chair this committee and I know what we had to go through when that happens.