Adam Smith actually said...

The industrial base of this country is critical to our economy and obviously defense spending is part of maintaining that industrial base.

I appreciate you holding this hearing and this series of hearings that we have had to discuss the impact of defense cuts.

There are certain things that the defense budget requires in terms of technological and business capabilities that, if we are not doing it, ...

Like many, if not most, of our members here, I share the view that large, immediate cuts to the defense budget would have substantially nega...