I am hopeful that the Department will use this opportunity to accelerate and improve space acquisition within the Space Force.

The hearing will come to order.

I know space isn't sometimes easy to understand or to explain, but it is absolutely vital to our national security.

Let's try to keep the committee focused on these important issues, and hopefully we can have improved space acquisition.

I thank the gentleman.

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I would like to start by thanking my colleagues, Representative Castro, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations and Global Social Impact, as well as his ranking…

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I am hopeful that the Space Force will get it done on a more timely basis because I don't want the spacefaring nations to turn to other nations for their clear guidance.

Russia has undertaken the exotics with Skyfall, the nuclear-powered cruise missile that is supposed to orbit the Earth.

I am apprehensive that, if we are not careful, we will make an irreversible decision that will leave the Nation without the capabilities it needs to defend itself and to execute its preferred strategies 5 to 10 years from now, which we…