Okay. General Kehler, is there a 'reduced scope' option that meets minimum military requirements and costs less than the B61-12 design that is currently being pursued in this LEP?

The antics in Washington are threatening to unravel the progress our cities have made over the last few months and cause harm to the entire Nation. It is a reckless approach to governing.

Every day the government is shut down is another day of economic uncertainty. We need to focus on what matters to our communities, our neighborhoods, and our residents.

the impact of sequestration and how wrong-headed it is for the country, but particularly for your respective service branches.

I think everybody in this room would agree that the sequestration maneuver was a tactical error made by the Congress in the Budget Control Act that blew up in our face, and we need to acknowledge it was a stupid mistake and correct it.

So you don't have to come in afterwards and audit to find out about it, they have to notify you when they realize there has been a breach or a leak?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

the issue isn't when, or if, but when we are going to have a breach of the data hub or it is going to be leaked or some other problem.

I appreciate the gentleman's observations. And while I may not agree with the New START Treaty, I am in no way trying to prohibit it being implemented. It is the law of the land. However, we do have a constitutional obligation in this…

In light of the late hour, I'm going to synopsize my more full statement, if that's okay with everybody. Recently, the House passed the FY14 NDAA, and in that document we included a provision that, before the $75 million that the White…

I thank the gentleman, and I, too, rise in opposition to this amendment. Mr. Chairman, according to the Missile Defense Agency estimates provided in 2012, the cost of 20 silo GBI sites, that's including missiles, is approximately $3…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…