Jim Cooper: “It is very easy, in a hearing like this, to beat up on the executive branch for different problems with regulations.”

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

I request the witnesses keep their opening remarks to no more than 5 minutes, and that members respect the same time limit for their questioning.

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.

I thank the gentleman. I appreciate his kind words about me and do any other members have questions they would like to bring up now?