Mike Rogers

Well, I just want everybody to remember: Our allies were shaken when this was openly discussed in the past, and we don't need to be concerning them again with these kind of discussions.

I want to thank the witnesses for being here today and for your service to our Nation.

Good morning. The subcommittee will come to order.

We're taking steps, but we're probably not doing enough.

What I see on the Cyber Command side leads me to believe that if we don't change the dynamic here, that this is going to continue and 2016 won't be viewed as isolated.

There is never going to be the perfect recovery. But we then need to remember how far we have come.

This kind of purposeful dodging is unacceptable.

We should have a space force; we will have a space force.

I believe that we have to segregate those 5,000 people that Doug Loverro described into a separate service, the space force.

We can't keep doing what we have been doing. We have to do something dramatically different, better, more efficient, and more effective.

The American people need to know it, the Congress needs to know, which is why I am glad you are here, about these threats, our vulnerabilities, and how we have to get after this.

We are losing around 60,000 Americans a year on prescription pill and heroin overdoses.

Officials in the Department, and several combatant commanders, have expressed the need to develop next generation technologies in directed energy, space sensing, and boost phase intercept when addressing future ballistic missile threats.

What does the NPR recommend regarding our nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) system?

Wouldn't this be updating and redeploying a capability we used to have?

Yes, the commitment to nuclear deterrence is not only affordable it is essential to our National Security--America can afford survival.

Why does the NPR recommend retaining the B83 nuclear gravity bomb?

Isn't it correct that the low-yield SLBM warhead is a simple modification to an existing weapon? Not a new weapon?

I agree with that statement wholeheartedly; however, that is not what is reflected in the PB19 budget submission.

Maintaining an effective nuclear deterrent is much less expensive than fighting a war that we fail to deter.

The NDS highlights a need to continue international collaboration for missile defense.

Should we be considering extending the New START Treaty while Russia is violating the INF Treaty?

What is your assessment of the impacts from Russia's violation of the INF Treaty?

Do you believe 6 or 7 percent of our defense budget is an appropriate level of spending for the nation's #1 priority defense mission?

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