Mike Rogers

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. LaMalfa). The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Remember the 9/11 hijackers, some of those were students who were here on student visas.

All of the rhetoric surrounding the emotion of what the president said six months or 12 months ago, if you like Trump or don't like Trump really should be irrelevant on the ruling. The national security parameters of this will, I think…

Some notion that this is Trump against the Democrats or something I think is completely wrong. We have to look at what are the underpinnings of why we got to where we were and I disagreed with his first ban. I thought it was too broad. I…

Why don't you have a staff meeting and then come out with some great proposals and work with Congress to get something done in a meaningful way?

When Chuck Schumer is, you know, scoring laughs putting out videos, that's not -- that's not what you want to have happen after the first cabinet meeting, I guess.

This has all been part of politics. But what was a little odd about this today was it was -- it was clearly scripted.

Odd and a bit clumsy.

I have introduced a bill recently called the Border Wall Funding Act, which would assess a 2 percent fee on remittances from the United States to countries in South America.

One of the big themes in the President's campaign for the office was the fact that he intended to ensure that our neighbors to the south helped us with the cost of securing that border.

I know that you and the President are hard at work toward securing our Southwest Border.

It is inexplicable and indefensible.

They have been not only testing at an alarming rate in violation of international law, but demonstrating technology that feeds development of longer-range missiles and more capable missiles as well.

I would not say we are comfortably ahead of the threat. I would say we are addressing the threat that we know today.

It appears that he has had success with solid fuel ballistic missiles, including those launched by submarines and on the ground.

Good afternoon. I want to welcome everybody to our hearing this afternoon: 'Fiscal Year 2018 Priorities and Posture of Missile Defeat Programs and Activities.'

The last Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) was published 7 years ago. The world was very different in 2010, particularly when talking about Russia.

CBO has recently estimated the cost of sustaining, operating, and modernizing our nuclear deterrent to be $400 billion over the next 10 years.

What would be the consequences, risks, or benefits of delaying or cancelling key nuclear modernization programs?

There is virtually no schedule margin between legacy system age out and the deployment of modernized replacement systems.

Looking at the Trump administration's FY18 budget request for DOD nuclear forces and NNSA's nuclear weapons activities, is there more consistency between the Obama administration's plans, or more difference?

The bad idea fairy seems to visiting some folks in this town and proposing that we should defer spending on the LRSO and GBSD programs until the Nuclear Posture Review is complete.

Secretary Moniz tasked this study as part of the Department's mission to ensure an effective U.S. nuclear deterrent through the application of science, technology and engineering.

General Rand, can you commit that you will make it clear to the entire Air Force that anyone who attempts to interfere with the acquisition of this capability will have absolute hell to pay?

We estimate that an additional $5.2 over the fiscal year 2018 through 2021 is needed.