Mike Rogers

The Rudman Report said that DOE was 'a dysfunctional bureaucracy incapable of reforming itself.'

The Rudman Report explained that this term, 'semi-autonomous,' would mean that the agency would be 'strictly segregated from the rest of the department.'

Do you believe the letter and spirit of the NNSA Act has actually been implemented?

Is the mission of the nuclear security enterprise likely to succeed in the long-term under the current governance structure?

Conferrees believe changes at the margins are not a solution.

I am not sure Secretary Moniz has that. And my question is if we were--could we go back to Mr. Thornberry's comment about could we legislate.

I thank the gentleman, and I understand his concern, and I hope he is wrong.

The status quo is not working and must not be continued.

There is a widespread recognition that the current system for governance, management, and oversight of the nuclear security enterprise is broken.

Do you support this initiative? What countries are the principal threats?

From a policy perspective, can you please help me understand why we deploy missile defenses to protect our aircraft carriers from Chinese ballistic missiles but we do not deploy missile defenses to protect our cities from Chinese nuclear…

The missile defense budget request includes $175 million to conclude the Iron Dome agreement with Israel.

I support the additional funding in the GMD program that you've requested for a new redesigned kill vehicle and new investments in discrimination.

According to the GAO, "although the dates MDA plans to declare technical capability for EPAA have not changed..."

Is it important Poland buy an interoperable NATO system as it considers such a procurement for its air and missile defense tender?

I am concerned by Russia's behavior threatening our allies, including the illegal invasion of Ukraine and its violation of the INF treaty.

Why does Russia deploy missile defense? Why does it have a nuclear-armed missile defense?

The budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2015 includes a proposal that MDA assume responsibility as the technical authority for Integrated Air and Missile Defense programs.

Are we making sufficient investments to pay for life-cycle maintenance and aging and reliability for this 10-year-old system, which, as you know, was deployed with a 20-year design life?

In my opinion, it is prudent for the Missile Defense Agency to complete the environmental impact statements at the four potential U.S. interceptor sites, which will reduce the operational timeline in the event the Nation decides to field a…

Two administrations, including the current one, supported forward-deployed missile defense sites in Poland to provide added and needed protection of the homeland.

The National Missile Defense Policy Act of 1999 requires that we deploy national missile defenses capable of defending the United States from 'accidental or unauthorized' ballistic missile attack.

What would you worry about if Turkey acquired a Chinese missile defense system?

Have you been briefed on Russia's missile defense capabilities? Do you believe Russia intends for them be used against U.S. missiles?

I have made it clear to the chairman of the full committee and to our House leadership that it is my number one priority to see sequestration, defense sequestration in particular, rolled back and eliminated.