"It seems very unlikely, based on current public health projections and agency return to work plans, that access to national security facilities will be back to pre-COVID-19 levels by September 30th."
"I am concerned about the ability of small business subcontractors to carry staff for extended periods without revenue."
"There is a dire need for Congress to have access to unbiased, timely, technical understanding."
"I want to thank you for your service. I want to thank you for everything that you got us through, sequestration, the difficulties of the effects upon readiness, and seeing the advances that our advers..."
"we have to make certain that what we are doing is effective and efficient, that we don't just build new bureaucracies, that we don't duplicate things."
"failure to undertake the NNSA's modernization plan would be the effect of unilateral disarmament."
"We have no margin built in any longer for infrastructure or modernization."
"We are really at, as I said before, a tipping point. We have no more margin for error."
"The budget request for the entire nuclear enterprise across both the Department of Energy [DOE] and the Department of Defense [DOD] for fiscal year 2021 is approximately $49 billion."
"Supporting our nuclear modernization efforts remains the number one priority of the Department of Defense."
"There is no margin for slip in this program. We must continue to support it while ensuring the best value for our government."