Mark Udall actually said...

"I think the Senator points out the importance of this committee's role as an authorizing body and also an oversight body."

"I think, as you were saying, we have to thread the needle here. We have under-capacity that presents one set of threats; over-capacity presents another set of threats."

"Our Nation's sea-based deterrence has been critical to our Nation's security since the 1950s and will continue to assure our allies and deter potential adversaries well into the future."

"I believe the MDA needs to fly a GMD intercept test with the CE-1 kill vehicle as I recommended in my 2013 Annual Report."