01/14/2009
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"So that's part of the pressure on us to make the kinds of investments that we're talking about and that the four of you have asked for, correct?"
"If Congress fails to provide the increased funding requested in the fiscal year 2011 budget... are you certain that our national laboratories will be able to continue to certify the safety, security, ..."
"Look, we all wish that we lived in a world without nuclear weapons, but wishing does not make it so."
"If the funding trends continue it is my judgment that the fundamental premise of stockpile stewardship is at risk."