"The Murray-Ryan budget possibilities and opportunities are there as long as we do not fall back into sequestration."
"I believe that we're reflecting, pretty much, the national interest."
"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."
"In order to avoid repeating the kill vehicle problems we had with the previous rush to failure approach, we need to follow a very rigorous acquisition approach."
"The subcommittee certainly likes to hear that."
"I think this site is estimated to cost as much as $10 billion, with an estimated $30 billion lifecycle cost."
"If there is one thing that you are known for, it is advocacy of SSA, and I want to thank you on behalf of the subcommittee for the great service you have done the Nation in that regard."
"You've each indicated that, in addition to improving interceptor reliability, our investment priority for Homeland defense is to improve our sensor discrimination capability, rather than deploying an ..."
"The fundamental underlying cause of this erosion has been a lack of attention to nuclear-weapon issues by senior leadership."
"Thank you, Senator King."
"We on the committee look forward to working with you on that important mission."