I am worried about the partisan tone of your questions.

Hope is not a plan and it is time to move beyond hope.

I wish I could join you for the closed session. Unfortunately, I will not be able to.

The hearing will come to order. First, I would like to apologize to my colleagues and the witnesses.

Let us speak plainly. China and Russia have already weaponized space. The question left to us is what are we going to do about it?

We must move past these strategy documents though into programs of record, get systems on orbit, and take responsibility for the area of space we depend on so greatly.

targeting HBCUs, especially at the beginning of Black History Month, is nothing short of despicable.

I proudly represent Middle Tennessee, including the Nashville International Airport (BNA), the best small-city airport in the world.

It might even be what Admiral Richard calls a strategic breakout. So it is a truly alarming development.

The war in Ukraine is a tragic reminder of the importance of our work, which, as I have always said, is arguably the most important and technical of any committee in the House.

Vladimir Putin's recent announcement that he was placing his nuclear forces on alert made clear to the world the risks of miscalculation.