"Can the DOD rely on the domestic commercial launch provider market to the meet the national security requirements for assured access to space?"
"General Hyten, SpaceX has recently made statements about a higher-thrust engine."
"Is that an acceptable national security risk, in your opinion?"
"So, we can't let that happen."
"The 2010 National Space Policy states that the Secretary of Defense shall 'Develop capabilities, plans, and options to deter, defend against, and, if necessary, defeat efforts to interfere with or att..."
"We have got some important issues to address this year. We have a budget request from the President that in some ways is among the best we have seen since he came into office."
"As you know, nuclear modernization costs continue to be a topic of discussion up here."
"Is it true that the Commander of U.S. European Command non-concurred last year when OSD-P asked for his input on approving Russian Federation requests under the Open Skies treaty?"
"I would like to welcome back our returning members, especially the distinguished gentleman from Tennessee, my buddy, Mr. Cooper."
"I do not believe that the world can afford nor can our own security allow U.S. power to continue to recede."
"Are there any allies who are not yet convinced Russia is violating the INF treaty? Who are they? What are we doing, country by country, to explain and demonstrate how we know?"