John Tierney: “The concern I have, obviously, is the fact that we seem once again when it comes to a military procurement to be…”

“The concern I have, obviously, is the fact that we seem once again when it comes to a military procurement to be spending the money to start building something before all of the appropriate testing is done and before we know that we are realistically going to be able to perform the act. I think too often we have had insufficient and unrealistic testing, and as the GAO has said, along with overstated performance claims and understated cost reports. And I think this procurement since it is not anticipated as the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) said to be really spent this fiscal year or at least not until the very end of it, why not take this opportunity to not start down this path where we are putting the cart before the horse, put the money where it is really needed in the TRICARE, where we know that is an expense we are going to have, and allow the research and development to get us to that point, if it ever does, where we can say that now both ends, both the idea of getting the missile up to work without deception and one that works with deception in place, that would be the time to move forward.”