"The Budget Control Act does not dictate any reductions that we are dealing with in this subcommittee with respect to NNSA or nuclear modernization."
"Good afternoon. We will call to order the hearing for the Strategic Forces Subcommittee."
"This committee, subcommittee, has historically on a bipartisan basis unanimously supported the necessity, not just the desirability, but the necessity of CMRR, the UPF, and the life extension programs..."
"Throughout all of my questions and my opening statement and I think concerns that you have heard from members of the panel has been the issue of the abandonment by the Administration in this budgetary..."
"almost every time we see that you stress to this subcommittee how important the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement, CMRR, Facility is and how the capabilities it will provide are critical t..."
"What our focus is on, which is why there is congressional oversight, are the things that aren't happening, why they aren't happening, and when they are going to happen."
"I must ask, being a gentleman of Ohio, if you would please not refer to an Ohio replacement. It is the Ohio class sub replacement, and it would make me feel more comfortable as we go through this."
"Now, Administrator D'Agostino, you have the benefit of having appeared before this subcommittee seven times starting in 2006 when you were Deputy NNSA Administrator."
"So it's wrong?"
"The issue of the timing of modernization to the adoption of New START Treaty was expressly stated by the Senate in Condition Nine and was expressly concurred with by the President."
"So is your answer basically then, and I am sorry, obviously these are very complex issues to compare, is it a workforce capacity issue?"