We don't doubt that they eventually have the capability to make that a successful missile if left to their own devices?

We will make a mistake if we get far away from that, in my opinion.

the redesigned EKV (RKV) will improve EKV reliability and performance.

The President made a commitment at the time of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) that we would be involved in this.

The existing governance, structures, and practices are most certainly inefficient and, in some instances, ineffective, putting the entire enterprise at risk over the long term.

Adversaries like China and Russia are rapidly positioning themselves to overtake American dominance in the space domain.

I believe that this report you've submitted to us is very valuable.

I believe that Secretary Hagel will be forced to make some tough decisions.

Having a credible missile defense system is so fundamentally important, and it's less than 5 percent of our total defense budget.

I am troubled by these developments and look forward to understanding your strategy for countering and deterring China's offensive space efforts.

We're not pretending that we have the capability to protect Europe or the United States from a massive Russian launch.

It has been my concern, which I have raised publicly, that the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) statement that had some 30-odd references to a world without nuclear weapons was stunning to me.

We have seen some progress in competition, and it has saved the taxpayers some money.

I support a more frugal approach. I will give you an A, but it is delaying things.

Last year, our interest on the debt was $220 billion, which is a lot of money.

The program is fragile, and any funding reductions at this point could pose unacceptable risk to the health of the nuclear enterprise.

I think I am correct--and I will just wrap up here--to say that we were, I think, at $554 billion for budget function defense.

Let me just tell you, you're going to be looking at $521 billion. Is that sequestration or not?

With sequestration and the way current law expects spending to be, DOD will spend $521 billion this year.

I am afraid it does, and apparently it has a growing nuclear arsenal.

I've never been comfortable with where our money is spent and how we've managed it.

It also says we'll maintain a nuclear triad consisting of ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and nuclear-capable heavy bombers as the best way to maintain strategic stability at reasonable cost and hedge against uncertainty.

I believe in virtually every aspect of the Patriot Act, what we did was carefully done so it was within the Constitution and within prior court rulings about what's permissible.

I believe that it has been disproportionately squeezed in our budget process.

we paid $211 billion in interest on our debt this past year, and it will rise to $880 billion 10 years from today.