Jim Inhofe: “Reduced readiness and curtailed modernization damage the perceived credibility of our capabilities, increasing the risks…”

First of all, I want to thank the chairman for all the hard work. People don't realize that this is, in my opinion, the most significant vote of the year. It has been one we have been through for a long period of time, and it is necessary…

we have peer competitors in cyberspace and some of them have already hinted that they hold the power to cripple our infrastructure and set back our standard of living if they choose.

There is no state that is more dependent upon the issues that are brought in this Committee hearing, and this is the reason I got on it in the first place.

The Tennessee Valley Authority keeps the lights on for nearly 10 million Americans, and it does so with an all of the above energy approach to power generation.