Thad Cochran: “Thank you for inviting me to participate in this hearing.”

We appreciate very much your leadership in the research effort and we commend you and those who work with you for helping make sure we have what we need in order to make our nation safe and secure.

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

Mr. Chairman, let me join you in congratulating our panel here and the participation you're bringing to this challenge.

This subcommittee will reconvene on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.