Mr. President, we are still dealing with some of the same issues we have dealt with before. It is interesting to me the number of people who have asked: Is Congress obsessed right now with all of the press reports and all of the things…

when you, the members of Congress, swear allegiance to the Constitution, you are swearing an allegiance to Indian sovereignty whether you know it or not.

For our warfighters like Senator Cotton, we need the best available small arms for our infantrymen.

There are a lot of people in OSD that would rather make antiballistic missiles and supersonic aircraft than rifles.

This is an important topic for many of us in the United States Senate and one that we will continue to pursue through fruition.

Seven to 10 years is way too long. Would you agree we need pressure to make this happen?

I believe we are going to need this type of pressure from this administration as well to ensure that this actually happens.

This has been a passion of his.

Are there unique missions that only the Delta IV can perform? Is there another existing or planned platform that can do those missions when Delta IV is retired?

Are the Falcon Heavy and Vulcan the only potential replacements for the Atlas V or are there other alternatives such as replacing the Atlas V engine?

there has been a tangible increase of threats to our space enterprise--vis-a-vis China, Russia, low-cost jamming and lasers that can disable our systems--that will also effect the warfighter that depends on these assets.

Secretary Wilson, what is the impact on U.S. assured access to space if there are extensive delays with the development of the Falcon Heavy and/or Vulcan rockets?

I have often said, there is an old, worn out document nobody reads anymore; it is called the Constitution. We are supposed to be doing two things here: defending America, and they called them post roads back there, but they are talking…

Most of us out there are very, very excited about the prospects. I have had a lot of my good Democrat friends who have a different philosophy than I have on most other issues saying, this really is what we are supposed to be doing.

I can remember Barbara Boxer and I trying to put amendments on there to use that for that very reason.

I am optimistic. I have heard it from the Administration that we are going to get aggressive and do the things we should have done before.

It has been my experience in conversations I have had with our new President that everything is on the table.

I believe building and maintaining our nation's infrastructure should also be a top priority for our Federal Government.