Public-private partnerships are going to be a creative avenue where we accomplish a lot of the goals.

On rollcall No. 426 I missed the vote, but would have voted ``yea'' had I made it to the floor before was closed. Stated against:

I think it is the responsibility of the Department of Defense and the government to make sure that industrial base is there for national security.

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

And I would respond to the ranking member's question with last year's NDAA specific language on this.

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

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

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.'

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

But I am going to submit them to you all to get back to us for the record because it is noon, and we have worn out our welcome with you all, I am afraid.

Considering SpaceX's recent failure with a Falcon 9, are you planning to revisit the certification decision? Why or why not?