Jim Cooper: “The state of peer review at the weapons labs is healthy and robust, the state of design competition is not.”

This hearing will come to order. I would like to begin by thanking our distinguished panel of witnesses.

I should remind you that President Trump, I think, did very little if anything to help with the third missile site while he was President.

We have been given the largest missile defense budget by President Biden and his administration.

How is the administration thinking about arms control and strategic stability following Russia's invasion of Ukraine?