there has been a tangible increase of threats to our space enterprise--vis-a-vis China, Russia, low-cost jamming and lasers that can disable our systems--that will also effect the warfighter that depends on these assets.

This has been a passion of his.

Most of us out there are very, very excited about the prospects. I have had a lot of my good Democrat friends who have a different philosophy than I have on most other issues saying, this really is what we are supposed to be doing.

I have often said, there is an old, worn out document nobody reads anymore; it is called the Constitution. We are supposed to be doing two things here: defending America, and they called them post roads back there, but they are talking…

Are the Falcon Heavy and Vulcan the only potential replacements for the Atlas V or are there other alternatives such as replacing the Atlas V engine?

I believe we are going to need this type of pressure from this administration as well to ensure that this actually happens.

There are a lot of people in OSD that would rather make antiballistic missiles and supersonic aircraft than rifles.

Are there unique missions that only the Delta IV can perform? Is there another existing or planned platform that can do those missions when Delta IV is retired?

This is an important topic for many of us in the United States Senate and one that we will continue to pursue through fruition.

I am optimistic. I have heard it from the Administration that we are going to get aggressive and do the things we should have done before.

We have given Baltimore the flexibility of using transportation money to reconnect neighborhoods so that people can literally walk and bike between neighborhoods without using their cars.

I can remember Barbara Boxer and I trying to put amendments on there to use that for that very reason.