Thad Cochran: “We started out poor, and we're getting poorer.”

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

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.

Ensuring that the Corps has adequate funding to meet its responsibilities is a high priority of mine.

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.