Jim Cooper: “I hope this committee will not blame the Pentagon for obeying the law, because Congress made up the budget.”

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.

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

NNSA is undertaking a strategic review of the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation's mission, organization, scope of efforts, and integration with other parts of NNSA, among other things.

I regret the inconvenience.