I feel this is unwise and would have a particularly negative effect on large rural states such as mine.

I look forward to working with all of you and hope that we can find some solutions and some good results for the American people.

I am a little concerned we are going to be dealing with it in the surface transportation bill.

It is important the positions be filled in a timely manner by qualified nominees who are ready to take on many of the challenges that face our country.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Senator Hutchison, for holding today's hearing, and I want to thank our panel for their willingness to serve.

We have an over-dependence upon foreign energy.

On his Defense Budget Recommendation Statement on 6 April 2009, Secretary Gates described these decisions as the product of 'a holistic assessment of capabilities, requirements, risks and needs for the purpose of shifting the department in…

To me, this proposal to delay development of the Next Generation Bomber until post-START arms control talks are completed appears problematic.

I hope that the Department will move quickly on both those programs.

I am hoping that we can perhaps figure out a way to expedite this EIS process.

Gentlemen, the Army maintains sets of prepositioned stocks of combat support vehicles for contingency use.

I believe it's reasonable to assess that the precise requirements for land forces will continue to evolve.

Thank you all very much for your testimony.

I think this is an important hearing.

None of these decisions are going to be easy.

I'm concerned that the future will be more uncertain and more unstable.

Thank you all very much. I appreciated very much your testimony and your very candid observations.

how much longer can we wait to fully embrace NextGen technologies, both in terms of safety and handling the air traffic volume