We have a tremendous opportunity over the next few months to make great strides toward modernizing our air traffic control system.

I hope that we can have a bipartisan bill that really focuses on the two major issues and that is safety, which is Number 1, and NextGen.

We cannot expect stakeholders to support NextGen and the investment necessary if the FAA cannot demonstrate the benefits of modernization.

I thought that we should be increasing our military construction and moving it up.

When will you pull the plug on Pinon Canyon if you don't see a possibility?

I hope today's discussions with the Army and Air Force addresses how the Department intends to complete all of the BRAC recommended actions before the statutory deadline of September 30, 2011.

So what then would be the timetable? If there is nothing in this year's budget request for generic military construction for that headquarters, what would then be the timetable for putting it into the FYDP or into a future budget?

Are you pursuing other options? Are you beginning to look for other places where you can expand other than Pinon Canyon?

We should be increasing our construction in the United States, not decreasing it.

I am concerned about the Army's investment in infrastructure in the United States.

It is everyone's goal to leverage information technology to have veterans seamlessly transition from the DOD to the VA.