Frank LoBiondo: “I have to tell you that I am still terribly troubled by how these decisions are being made, and the priorities.”

I would suggest that there is more unanimity amongst you today than I have heard in a long time.

We are talking about doubling the amount of safety in the light end of general aviation and reducing the cost by half.

We know that the Chinese have been developing anti-satellite technologies intended to counter our superiority in space.

Given the importance of this region to U.S. interests I would think we would want to maintain the best possible intelligence collection capabilities in the theater.