Bob Bennett: “I also want to thank Senator Collins for her graciousness in welcoming me to the Committee.”

I do not use holds as a regular device. Very, very seldom, do I put a hold on any nomination, and I always do it publically.

the MDA's mission to 'deploy . . . an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack' is more important now than ever.

I can understand the impulse for a moratorium. I am not at all sure that a blanket moratorium as broad as this one will produce any higher degree of safety than a more targeted kind of thing.

I wish this were a college seminar where we could get more deeply into all of the issues that you raise.