We appreciate the leadership role of Congress in authorizing a sound path forward for U.S. nuclear deterrence.

I want to ask if each of our witnesses agrees that it is our essential near-term priority to fix the problems we have encountered with our current kill vehicles.

Full funding in fiscal year 2015 would send a strong signal about the commitment to the critical work Naval Reactors is planning to perform.

Can you explain to the subcommittee whether the life extension of the B61-12 will enable you to retire the W83 gravity bomb or will be retired independently of the B61-12?

We will look at the culture, as you pointed out, and make the changes and mete out whatever punishment's necessary, and then move forward.

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.

In my opinion, there is a fundamental flaw in the way the budget for nonproliferation programs is coordinated in the executive branch.

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 think you did, thank you.

The mission performed by the men and women of our nuclear enterprise is relevant and essential to our national security.

We on the committee look forward to working with you on that important mission.

Thank you for your continued support of our triad and our nuclear Air Force.

I think really what I have to do is I have to make sure that I truly articulate the importance of SSA to the leaders that make the decisions.

the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to missile defense is designed to provide increasing levels of missile defense capability for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Europe against Iran's growing regional ballistic…

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.

I am tempted, because Admiral Richardson is here, to get his opinion on small- and medium-sized reactors and their application in the civilian and domestic power arena.

We must get out of the old Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) building by 2019.

The three of you took us on quite a tour. It's impressive what we're doing. I know we want to do more.

This is a huge amount of taxpayers' money, either lost or about to be lost.

Given the importance of your mission, we look with anticipation to what those studies and recommendations will be.

I want to thank all of you for your time, your expertise, your patriotism, and your hard work.

I think this is a very key aspect. I think what we will have to avoid and what the President's National Space Transportation Policy clearly suggests is that we want to maintain that competition for the future.

If I might, let me stay on Hanford.

I'd follow up: When it comes to Idaho, have there been effects on the deployed nuclear fleet because of the delay in replacing the existing fuel handling facility in Idaho?

I hope this subcommittee can continue to consider it, study it, and discuss it.