Michael D. Griffin: “No, I cannot sit here and say that I feel that I've been granted much flexibility by the Congress.”

In my judgment, China--and I don't want to say China. I want to say the Chinese Communist Party, fully understands and frequently says that their goal is to be the world's great power.

In my judgment, the Artemis program is excessively complex, unrealistically priced, compromises crew safety, poses very high mission risk of completion, and is highly unlikely to be completed in a timely manner even if successful.

We cannot take comfort from parity. We cannot take comfort from the fact that in some areas we are ahead.

There is no finish line. It is a work in progress and always will be if we want to support peace and freedom in the world.