Do you believe our extended deterrent assurances to allies lose credibility if we continue to slip deadlines for modernizing our stockpile?

We have heard from various disarmament advocates that the B61 LEP is premised on a number of assumptions that may be outdated.

These four retired senior officers eloquently summarized why cuts to the B61 LEP... would not only harm the U.S. deterrent, but also have major negative impacts on our allies and our nonproliferation goals.

Would it be fair to say that the White House should know what those collection priorities are?

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?

Before I go to my colleague from Arizona, General Kehler, do you believe the B61 nuclear bombs serve a military purpose in Europe?

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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 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…

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…

I urge the House to support the Turner-Rogers- Franks-Bridenstine amendment. The New START treaty is perhaps the first unilateral arms control treaty the U.S. has ratified in that it is the first treaty where only the U.S. has to make…

The NNSA's weapons activities program is the core of the U.S. nuclear modernization efforts. Reductions of this magnitude, the $245 million being proposed in this amendment, will endanger the nuclear deterrent by delaying or canceling key…

H.R.1612: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a specified parcel real property at 2400 Hospital Road in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University, for the purpose of permitting the university to use the property to…

Mr. Chairman, H.R. 1612 will benefit the Department of Veterans Affairs and the people of Tuskegee, Alabama.

I am eager to discuss each of these proposals in depth to ensure a thorough understanding of their purpose, intended benefits, and unintended consequences.

I also want to thank the Full Committee Chairman, Jeff Miller, for his leadership on behalf of our Nation's veterans.

Well, it is twofold. The university needs the land back for its expansion, but more importantly the VA does not need it and it has just been a maintenance burden for them financially.

Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this important hearing.