WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 8, 2022, to receive testimony on the U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Space Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program:

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I also want to welcome our witnesses and thank them for their long service in defense of our nation.