If the funding trends continue it is my judgment that the fundamental premise of stockpile stewardship is at risk.
Are you concerned that if we don't meet the funding increase goals... you may reach a point where you won't be able to c...
Other nations have gone in other directions in the development of their nuclear weapons stockpiles, correct?
we have sent a letter to you requesting a hearing on the New START.
to me it was quite valuable to us in terms of assessing the capacity of the Russian missiles, which is important for our...
I hope in the process that Congress will at least fund to the level that the administration has requested for fiscal yea...
If the telemetry is not required for verification of the Russians' compliance with the treaty, then why even have five?
I hear you, and I'd say that there are a group of us in both parties who probably would like to continue this discussion...
I think we make the--I understand the difference. We make it harder for our Intelligence Community to gauge exactly what...
The New START treaty does cut back in some significant ways, I think, from the verification mechanisms in START I.
the average age of our American NWS is greater than it's been, ever been before?
we have put the nuclear weapons program of the United States, NNSA which you direct, under budgetary pressure over the l...
There are certain reductions in our verification capacities under the proposed New START treaty from what they were unde...
I have had particular concern about the reduction and what is required under the treaty for telemetry exchanges.
I look upon it as very beneficial from that perspective and potentially very positive transparency regime.
Most people I talk to, Members in the Senate, would like to get to a point to vote to advise and consent to the New STAR...
I think this may be the seventh hearing the Senate Armed Services Committee has held on it, and what is clear, I think, ...
The treaty does provide for less transparency than we would prefer into Russian missile programs.