Mike Rogers actually said...

"I believe that the 'overarching constraint' set by the Project Atom study the 2025-2050 nuclear posture should be possible within 'approximately $35 billion per year in constant 2013 dollars.'"

"The principal role of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks against the United States and its allies."

"we want to deter the Russian Federation from believing it can get anything useful out of a first-nuclear-use threat"

"Deterring discriminate attacks at the lower end of the nuclear continuum depends critically on the United States having nuclear response options."