This proposed multi-billion dollar program must be thoughtfully planned across the Department and every effort should be taken to ensure that the appropriate acquisition management assessments take place for program execution.

During that hearing you explained that that if both the GPS IIF and the GPS IIIA programs are executed on schedule, there is only a 80 to 90 percent probability that the constellation will stay above 24 satellites.

As the number of warheads decreases, the importance of our triad of strategic delivery systems dramatically increases.

Given assured access to space is a national interest, do you believe NASA should be partially responsible for addressing the cost increases?

The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) assures our access to space.

what is the appropriate mix between DOD-provided and commercially-provided bandwidth?

What capabilities are at the highest of facing a potential capability gap?

We remain concerned about the Air Force's ability to deliver GPS IIIA satellites as promised, given that the Air Force aims to deliver them 3 years faster than the IIF satellites.

In addition, General Chilton, the Commander of STRATCOM, has been quite vocal in increasing the responsiveness of our space recapitalization abilities.

assuming REACH is the wave of the future is entirely premature and could actually impair human safety by preventing critical products, helpful products in terms of safety from entering the marketplace.

if the EPA decides to use any given study as a reason for limiting of terminating the use of a certain chemical, the results of that study need to be repeatable and proven in further supporting studies.

that review sure as heck should be based on sound science and not just a New York Times article that uses politicized science from an environmental group.

a European registration evaluation authorization of chemical substances, a REACH-style program, I think would likely kill innovation in the U.S. and is a real recipe for ham stringing small and medium sized manufacturers in particular.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is great to see you back, and thank you for this hearing.

I thank my friend, Mr. Cao, for proposing this resolution, and for having this debate today, and certainly other members from our delegation. Let me just say parenthetically, in response to our good friend from Indiana (Mr. Burton) that…

It doesn't seem to be that far out of what Republican congressmen or Republican supporters around the country are saying.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend and colleague Mr. Cao for giving me time and for bringing this resolution to the floor which I wholeheartedly support, congratulating the New Orleans Saints for winning Super Bowl XLIV and bringing this long…

They have a big move afoot in the Republican National Committee to rename my party as the Democrat Socialist Party of the United States.