"In addition to continued concerns shared by many on this committee with regard to the increasing cost of space launch services..."
"While I am certainly cognizant of the difficulties in creating an apples-to-apples comparison of the programs in question and the need for continued efforts to make that possible, can you speak to the..."
"Even as we draw down in Afghanistan, the QDR calls for the growth in SOF and for them to remain decisively committed to our fight against Al Qaeda."
"The report of the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review [QDR] makes clear that our special operations forces [SOF] will remain an integral part of the way the United States addresses our global and national..."
"Langevin, Hon. James R., a Representative from Rhode Island, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Lumpkin and Admiral McRaven, I want to thank you very much for being here today."
"I think that would be important so this doesn't get away from us and we are providing the level of support that you need, as well, to make it effective."
"I do have some concerns there, because, you know, how is the Congress and the Department, how are we expected to really have oversight visibility across this massive undertaking"
"Until the Air Force, until the Air Force has sufficient numbers of F-35s, the Air Force intends to keep the A-10 viable and combat ready."
"We, I believe, are making a grave mistake in divesting ourselves of the A-10, when it is performing so magnificently and there is no other airframe that can do the job it has done."
"In the cyber domain, the services risk building similar capabilities in different ways to conduct the same mission with significant duplication and overlap."