Ben Nelson: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank all of you gentlemen for what you are doing for our national defense.”

Let me add my thoughts. We ask you to reduce budgets, to watch the growth, and then when you come before us after you've done it, then we question why you've done it and whether you've done it right or not.

I firmly agree with the importance of oversight because we are in a government-owned/contractor-operated situation, there are substantial liabilities.

If there were trust, then it would be much easier for the oversight to move away from transactional to more directional.

These programs are central to our national security. They deserve full, bipartisan support.