Did the Air Force have a fundamental opinion whether its interests would best be served with a divorce, or not?

During that hearing you explained that that if both the GPS IIF and the GPS IIIA programs are executed on schedule, there is only a 80 to 90 percent probability that the constellation will stay above 24 satellites.

I am very concerned about the dramatic change in course proposed at NASA and what it would do to our solid rocket industrial base.

As the number of warheads decreases, the importance of our triad of strategic delivery systems dramatically increases.

what is the appropriate mix between DOD-provided and commercially-provided bandwidth?

The United States will continue to assure allies and partners of the U.S. commitment to their security.

The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) assures our access to space.

the Air Force recognizes that a robust long-range strike capability is essential to strategic deterrence

We absolutely have to have this sustained period of investment for that to be even under consideration.

This administration wants to cancel the Constellation program. Does that have an impact on you all, and, if so, what is it?

We remain concerned about the Air Force's ability to deliver GPS IIIA satellites as promised, given that the Air Force aims to deliver them 3 years faster than the IIF satellites.

In addition, General Chilton, the Commander of STRATCOM, has been quite vocal in increasing the responsiveness of our space recapitalization abilities.

forward deployed nuclear weapons in Europe represent a longstanding military and political commitment to the defense of Europe and our North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies.

Assured access to space is not cheap and the cost is trending up.

What capabilities are at the highest of facing a potential capability gap?

The food and the Saints' Superbowl win helps, too.

that review sure as heck should be based on sound science and not just a New York Times article that uses politicized science from an environmental group.

a European registration evaluation authorization of chemical substances, a REACH-style program, I think would likely kill innovation in the U.S. and is a real recipe for ham stringing small and medium sized manufacturers in particular.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is great to see you back, and thank you for this hearing.

assuming REACH is the wave of the future is entirely premature and could actually impair human safety by preventing critical products, helpful products in terms of safety from entering the marketplace.

if the EPA decides to use any given study as a reason for limiting of terminating the use of a certain chemical, the results of that study need to be repeatable and proven in further supporting studies.

What could we do, usefully, to push that a lot higher, do you think?

Maybe I'm missing something, Mr. Podonsky. Is that not within the power of the Department, to clearly, forcefully move in that direction?

the lack of clear, uniform, and realistic guidance and policy from DOE to the various contractors who manage the protective forces that is at the root of the problems.

Mr. Podonsky and Mr. Aloise, in the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report you assert that a Federal force offers no overall advantage to the current model and that either option could result in effective and more uniform security…