"We are now reevaluating that policy, and you all have begun to give us a sense of how we should proceed."
"Our mission here as a Congress and a country is to assure access to space for both civil and military missions."
"Having additional certified competitors in the marketplace will help lower the cost of delivering payloads into space and, of course, drive innovation."
"General Shelton, would you please comment on the readiness of any new entrant to compete, when will they be certified, and will they have all the capabilities to launch all National Security Space (NS..."
"General Shelton, would you please comment on the report that an independent team of DOD experts conducted a study to determine the earliest possible time a new entrant would be close to being certifie..."
"Do you agree with that estimated cost savings of $4 billion on the current EELV contract?"
"General Shelton, is it fair to say that the second phase, the so-called phase 1A of the Air Force acquisition strategy, that both the new entrant and the incumbent launch provider were equally hurt in..."
"A great benefit to us."
"We want to thank you all. You have been most enlightening."
"We had decided to rely on a foreign supplier."
"General Shelton, why did the missions available for competition decrease from the planned up-to-14, to up-to-7?"