Gen. Jay Raymond, the head of the Space Force, joked his own mother doesn't understand what the branch does. Will the Space Force's image problem create issues in securing funding? As you've probably seen before, it has very unanimous support in the House Armed Services Committee and overwhelming support in the Senate Armed Services Committee. As long as it's got congressional support, we're going to be fine. One of the things Gen. Raymond and [Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Gen. John] Hyten are working on is to try to declassify a lot of the information about capabilities in Russia and the United States when it comes to national security and space. That will go a long way to helping us inform the American public why this [branch] is necessary. Now that you're the ranking member, will you push declassi-fication in the next NDAA? I'm firmly convinced Gen. Hyten and Gen. Raymond are serious about it, but you can bet that I'm going to be the yapping Chihuahua that reminds them that it needs to be done.
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