Until the parents of more affluent children see that their lives are intrinsically linked to children who are poor, we as a nation will never be the beloved community that so many civil rights leaders fought and died for. I want to thank…

Well, I think that's true. We had a very important hearing yesterday on nuclear forces and strategic forces.

For something as important as space services, do would you want to rely on the Russians or the Chinese to meet warfighter requirements?

Are there any allies who are not yet convinced Russia is violating the INF treaty? Who are they? What are we doing, country by country, to explain and demonstrate how we know?

I don't think there's any doubt they were--they would never--they never relinquished the intention to build a weapon.

I really need to hear these answers, because I feel, do we have a balanced space program or not.

I believe, and I would hope you would agree, that this is unacceptable.

But generally, these kind of programs cost billions of dollars.

I do remember that the CIA reported, in, what, early 2000s, that Iran wasn't intent on building a nuclear weapon. That was wrong, was it not?

Where are we exactly on that, as far as staffing the program?

This request represents a significant increase in spending at a time when America is still living within a constrained budget.

We are going to have to ask the right and tough questions.

Thank you, General Bolden. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that NASA's cost estimates for the SLS and Orion projects do not extend beyond the first flight for the combined system, and the 2016 budget before us bears this…

It is incumbent upon this subcommittee, as Senator Mikulski has said many times, that we are accountable to the American people and to our colleagues, and you are accountable to us.

Some specifics. The JPSS currently has an overall cost cap of $11.3 billion.

Today, only Russia and China have the capability to conduct a large-scale ballistic missile attack on the territory of the United States, but this is very unlikely and not the focus of U.S. BMD.

The 2010 National Space Policy states that the Secretary of Defense shall 'Develop capabilities, plans, and options to deter, defend against, and, if necessary, defeat efforts to interfere with or attack U.S. or allied space systems.'

I do not believe that the world can afford nor can our own security allow U.S. power to continue to recede.