I think we would all like to welcome our colleagues from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Everyone knows that Mr. Putin doesn't conduct his business in public, and why give him an advantage by displaying our deliberations.

Sixty. Like six-zero?

The Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty is of primary benefit to our allies, for example, in NATO and in Asia.

It is very important that really the meat of this hearing be held in the classified session that will be upcoming.

The key thing, politically, is to realize that no one here today is talking about taking money away from South Carolina.

But, Congress being Congress, there is a lot of inertia, and there are some folks who may prefer what is now the worst and more expensive and slower option.

But $300 million or $400 million a year is enough, on top of the $12 billion that various government agencies--DOE, DOD [Department of Defense]--are already spending in direct support to South Carolina.

this hearing should be good news for America and good news for South Carolina.

The real question of this hearing is, if we are forced, due to the fact that we are in love with the older, worse, more expensive technology--force American taxpayers to double or triple their commitment to South Carolina and the other…

Any project that has 25 percent rework? Like, oh, my gosh. Because that means you build it, then you have to tear it down 25 percent and redo it.

I am worried that, as we enter the month of October and head toward Halloween, that really the subject of this hearing is a horror story for the American taxpayer.