Joe Donnelly

I would like to actually thank this committee for their help and assistance in preventing the cap...

Fly before you buy has been a tough lesson learned in these programs.

In that regard, I hope today's hearing will help us find out more about what the NNSA is doing to rein in cost growth to ensure the programs remain on track.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Senator Sessions for arranging this hearing and today's witnesses for agreeing to take time from your schedules to testify on a topic that is very important to the subcommittee.

Like how did we miss this or how did we get in this spot in your opinion?

At 3 o'clock, they are going to give the Congressional Gold Medal to Doolittle Raiders just down the hall.

Well, that kind of leads into last year we upped the number of personnel to 1,690 positions.

The DIA's assessment is that Iran is capable of flight testing an ICBM in 2015.

We should continue to improve our sensor and discrimination capabilities, so we have a better picture of the threats.

You are seeing and changing and making sure that there is no stigma to being part of the nuclear program, I would assume.

Protecting our country and our forward-deployed troops around the world is of utmost importance.

The National Nuclear Security Administration is the busiest it has ever been since it was created in 2000.

Alaska was the most strategic location in the world.

I want to take a moment to recognize the superior performance of the Navy's nuclear forces.

It is a staggering and scary statistic.

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in Indiana is involved in a collaborative effort with DARPA and NSA.

Mr. Secretary, thank you for your service, and I want to tell you, and you already know, you have a great team sitting there with you...

I have sat with the families when they did not have jobs and when they did have jobs.

I am proud of our companies in our State, and we have found that our State regulation system has worked pretty well over the years.

The oil prices did not get the transmission workers back to work. That was the assistance of the Federal Government.

How do we empower the moderate Sunnis? Are they the key to making this work?

At what point do they say, where's the good option here of these sides?

I have witnessed some of this effort through NSWC Crane in Indiana, and I expect to see our Services working to best leverage each other's research and investments going forward.

I support continuing research and development of capabilities that help fill the conventional strike gap with a discernible non-ballistic trajectory, maneuverability for over-flight avoidance, and payload delivery capability.

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