I am committed to ending our reliance on Russian rocket engines for national security space launch.

Good morning. I want to welcome everybody to our Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing on 'Assuring National Security Space: Investing in American Industry to End Reliance on the Russian Rocket Engines.'

Before I get started, I think we all ought to take note today that this is the day of the funeral, those nine families in South Carolina. And it is a real tragedy.

we got ourselves into this situation... when the U.S. stopped investing heavily enough in this technology

I very much appreciate your time and effort. You have been enormously helpful to us.

It is one of my frustrations in this world that we have these short tenures of really sharp people like you.

our national security demands that our military be responsive and agile to new or emerging threats as they appear.

We need to be making some decisions and doing something proactively.

Is NATO going to revisit the basic assumption of the DDPR that Russia is partner? When?

What is the long-term plan for this transfer--will it continue indefinitely?

Please give us a status update on these programs. Are you confident they will finish on time and on budget?

Deputy Secretary Sherwood-Randall, DOE and NNSA face an array of longstanding problems with governance and management.

I thank the gentleman for that explanation, and I hope he will let me know if there is anything the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces can do to make sure that the Department knows that the acquisition strategy needs to be delivered to the…

People come in thinking of Frankenfoods or something like that. But there is a lack of education on what is going on.

I thank the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey for yielding. Mr. Chairman, first I would like to express my support for the fiscal year 2016 Defense Appropriations bill and my appreciation for the hard work of the chairman in drafting…

We are fighting to preserve our very way of life and are doing everything in our power to prevent total eradication of an essential U.S. industry.

I thank the gentleman. I look forward to supporting the bill today and urge the House to do the same to get this vital bill passed and to the President for his support of our men and women in uniform.

the United States citrus industry, as you know it, is in extreme trouble.

There is a document that the University of Florida extension has put out that was a survey of growers on their willingness to adopt GMO technology. And the growers were overwhelming in support of doing that.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, for his work to bring this important bill to the floor. Mr. Chair, this legislation includes billions of dollars to programs that…

In short, the United States citrus industry as you know it, is in extreme trouble.

The Department is still in the very early stages of harnessing the power of our Nation's cyber enterprise.

I thank the gentlewoman for her amendment, and I urge its passage. As chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, I understand the responsiveness of our ICBMs as their most critical feature and their most significant contribution to our…

I strongly oppose this amendment because it strikes a section that helps us set priorities in defense spending. Dismantling U.S. nuclear weapons is not a priority. Getting nuclear modernization done is the priority. Two weeks ago…

I want to thank the distinguished vice chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee for this amendment and for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, the New START treaty is the only bilateral arms control treaty I am aware of that only requires…