Rob Wittman actually said...

"I think that's incredibly important, especially as we see this increasing aggressive behavior, obviously with Russia's attack but also with China."

"In fact, I have NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Langley right on the edge of the district, and for years they did great hypersonic research there."

"Beginning about 6 years ago, for some reason, somebody thought, well, let's just stop funding hypersonic research because we really don't need to do that."

"I categorically reject this notion. I ascribe to the warnings of our PACOM commanders who believe that conflict will likely occur in the near term."