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I absolutely do not believe that there are any conspiracies being created by the FBI with the DOJ.

As both a father and the most recently deployed Member of Congress, I can attest to the importance of education options for military families and their children.

I think with the emergence of new threats, the emergence of new opportunities, we need to make sure that we are keeping up with the times.

I certainly don't believe that we need to put American national security in the backseat but I don't believe that we should put American firms at a competitive disadvantage around the world.

Do you believe the Combatant Commands should also have such a capability and are you concerned whether they do or don't have one?

What oversight do you now have of this field support agency?

Do you have adequate staffing to do your job?

The Nuclear Posture Review proposes a sea launched cruise missile to replace the one dropped in the 2010 NPR.

Are you concerned about the DOE NNSA's ability to produce 80 plutonium pits per year by 2030 as mandated in the statute?

Because the follow-up question I had is are some of its missions going to be split amongst other aircrafts and other commands?

This would be for General Rand.

That 6 to 7 percent deters a threat that is existential to our homeland, and our job in Congress is to ensure those dollars are well spent.

Both of you came to your leadership positions when our DOD nuclear program was undergoing great change and attention.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks for holding today's hearing, and to our witnesses for being here.

I support that decision because of the integrated security challenge that we face with those threats.

What is your assessment of the cost estimation effort at the NNSA and why is it important?

Mr. Owendoff, my understanding is that you cannot tear down many Manhattan era buildings at the Y-12 plant in TN until you remediate the mercury in the ground water.

You are looking at using the existing MOX building and its 400,000 square feet of un-finished space to machine plutonium, yet your own analysis says you need only about 100,000 square feet of that space.