Jim Cooper
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Jim Cooper is a Democratic politician from Tennessee who has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented Tennessee's 5th congressional district from 2003 until 2021, having previously served in the same role from 1983 to 1995. Throughout his career, Cooper has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, healthcare reform, and government transparency. He is known for his moderate stance and willingness to work across party lines. Cooper has been an advocate for reducing the national debt and improving the efficiency of government programs.
It is rare in the modern Congress to have essentially a good news hearing, but I think this one of those hearings.
So, that is good news for the American people, that is good news for America, that is even good news for this Congress.
We should not overlook the central fact that the administration and the Republican majority in Congress are keeping the nuclear deterrent safe, secure, and reliable.
Are you confident of the contents of the drums that will be going to the site?
But we all have to acknowledge that Russia is not exactly a willing partner these days to help us contain that massive hoard of fissile material.
It is an amazing tradition of excellence the Naval Reactors has pursued over lo these many years.
Recommendation 4 might be seen by some critics as promoting an aggressive posture that would put the United States in a position to manufacture new nuclear weapons quickly and thus fuel a new global nuclear arms race.
To avoid the fundamental risk of losing a core capability that could be essential for responding to evolving national security threats, our committee realized that the NNSA complex needs a means of exercising, on a regular and ongoing…
The state of peer review at the weapons labs is healthy and robust, the state of design competition is not.
A prototype developed in a design competition should be a nuclear device, not a warhead.





