"The priority for this budget is in improving the EKV on the interceptors that we have."
"Currently, the way we work the budgeting process is, we receive from STRATCOM the needs, the requirements each year in terms of products, whether it is imagery, and we use that to help form the Progra..."
"There will be additional time to discuss that as we move forward, and we'd welcome clarifications, additional information."
"Thank you for your continued support of our triad and our nuclear Air Force."
"The three of you took us on quite a tour. It's impressive what we're doing. I know we want to do more."
"We must get out of the old Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) building by 2019."
"last July, the flight test of the GMD system with the Capability Enhancement (CE)-I kill vehicle failed because the kill vehicle failed to separate from the booster."
"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 ..."
"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."
"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."
"We on the committee look forward to working with you on that important mission."