We'd like this to be in this year's NDAA. We don't want to miss another year on this one.

We've been at this for 10 years--actually, for 23 years and we still do not have a backup to the GPS system.

The Navy is in the process of addressing the manifold problems that have been brought--highlighted in this hearing.

I will use our position to observe and hold you accountable for the implementation of what you intend to do to address the known problems here.

Even as we grow more distance from many of the events, let us say at the outset that we continue to grieve and remember the 17 sailors who died on the USS McCain and Fitzgerald in the collisions of 2017.

How is the DOD ensuring that there is competition within the National Security Space Launch program in Phase III?

Will the DOD keep it in its arsenal?

What is the administration's strategy for pursuing future strategic arms control dialogue with Russia and China?

My job is to deter limited nuclear use, and if deterrence fails, to restore that deterrence.

Is the DOD going to continue to request funding for the B83-1?

The Trump administration proposed an additional nonstrategic nuclear weapon, a nuclear-capable Sea-Launched Cruise Missile.

We thank Congressmen Garamendi and Johnson and Senators Klobuchar and Thune for their bipartisan leadership in getting this important legislation across the finish line.