1 week ago today, I introduced H.R. 4232 with my colleague from Ohio, Congressman Tim Ryan. The Restore the Freedom of Information Act is a commonsense, bipartisan bill that would make it easier for American taxpayers seeking information…

I think that Dr. Yamashita's letter to us, one, exhibits some of the frustration that is ongoing in this process by all people involved.

Will the U.S. take steps to intercept it, as Japan has indicated it may do? Or will the Administration lead from behind and merely watch it fly by?

I believe this Congress is going to believe, ought to constitutionally include the Senate.

And my question guess to, obviously, some of the policy decisionmaking with respect to being able to sustain that specialized capability that you just mentioned.

I want to thank you again for both your patience, your participation, and your leadership.

Discuss the progress of the Space Protection Program. What have been its accomplishments since its establishment in 2008?

It is clear that space capabilities are essential elements of our military and intelligence construct.

Please explain why the Department is requesting to cancel this critical program that provides the seed corn for future capabilities.

Well, I want to follow on the issues of--I appreciate your statement of the importance of the Lima tank plant.

I would like to spend some time exploring the idea of reversibility and the strange notion that we can just turn fundamental national security programs off and then turn them back on without assuming an unacceptable level of risk and…

We have heard a lot about the need for resiliency of our space systems. How do we measure resiliency of an architecture?

What are your perspectives on the need to invest in domestic liquid rocket engines for use on our critical National Security Space launch missions?

The December 2011 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit bars the Department of Commerce from applying countervailing duties (CVDs) on goods produced by heavily subsidized foreign companies from non-market economy…

If the DPRK deploys 20 ICBMs by 2020, and the IIB is delivered and deployed on time, please explain where they will be deployed to protect CONUS from a North Korean ballistic missile?

What is the plan to retain Cobra Dane capability? Which agencies will pick up the costs?

Please provide a detailed description of the costs to conduct an ICBM test in late FY13.

Do you agree with Secretary Gates' statement that with the continued development of long-range missiles and potentially a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile and their continued development of nuclear weapons, North Korea is in…

We need these costs because if we look ahead to the budget, we have to understand how we are helping the administration deliver on what it says is the number one priority, which is the defense of the homeland.

I don't think we should have to choose between regional missile defense and national missile defense.

What analysis has been done to understand how a IIB missile that cannot fit into the current 8-pack VLS system will affect Navy force requirements and deployment systems and schedules?

So there is going to be a point at our inventory of that ICBM inventory that might be pointed at us versus inventory that we currently have where we are bypassed, right?

Well, one thing that we can have in a unclassified discussion, because General O'Reilly has specifically said it in this hearing, that it would double our numbers.

What requirements changed to support reducing THAAD battery purchases by 3 and THAAD interceptor purchases by 66?

If there was I&W of a threat to CONUS, how long and how much would it cost to fully load all 39 GBI silos with current GBI inventory?