Under the leadership of Chairman Levin and Ranking Member McCain, this committee broadly recognized those problems.
I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today how this money will be spent wisely.
I want to thank Chairman Levin and Ranking Member McCain for their acquisition reform bill.
I am also encouraged with many--not all, but certainly many--of Secretary Gates' strong recommendations.
I was just suggesting, earlier, that logically it seems pretty clear to me we shouldn't finish a new START before the NPR is finished.
Secretary Gates has said that, without testing, it will, 'become impossible to keep extending the life of our arsenal.'
I don't care what the current START says. You can sign a new treaty that's the same as the old one, with one comma missing, and it can last ...
I look forward to working with you on the many important issues under this subcommittee's jurisdiction.
GAO has found that because the Department of Defense (DOD) starts more weapon programs that it can afford.
I just want to make sure we do it right and don't set deadlines or timetables or goals with PR in mind, versus substance, and basically put ...
Just to follow up directly on that, Mr. Secretary, in general, what would be your bottom line on this in terms of, what do you think the pro...
I would love thoughts from any of you, including the GAO, about the suggestion by some that we do not have enough focus...
I do not mean to interrupt. But the best capable. What is the possibility of falling short of what is our expectation and defining a gap as ...
Generally, they have said that competition for dollars leads to low-cost estimation and unrealistic scheduling.
the common understanding on Capitol Hill--I think this is very fair to say--is that that would be paid to reduce the Federal debt and would ...
And how much money did the State get in the first tranche? Mississippi got its $5.5 billion and how much did Louisiana got?
And I would second that and really ask HUD to listen carefully to the Texas situation.
I believe that CDBG needs a formula for an initial tranche of money for rapid initial response.
