Thad Cochran: “The Navy has made significant progress in development of the Electromagnetic Railgun.”

If we go back in sequestration, what affect would it have on the Corps of Engineers, Mr. Speer?

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.

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

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.