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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysagol0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:32 a.m. in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Shelby, Murkowski, Blunt, Moran, Durbin, Reed, and Schatz. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY STATEMENT OF VICE ADMIRAL JAMES D. SYRING, UNITED STATES NAVY, DIRECTOR OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. Good morning. We welcome everyone to a meeting of our Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations where we are reviewing the fiscal year budget request of the administration for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). We are very pleased to welcome our distinguished witness, Admi- ral James Syring, who is Director of the Missile Defense Agency, a very important responsibility, and we appreciate your distin- guished service. The President has submitted a request for $8.1 billion for the Missile Defense Agency, which is an increase of 3 percent over last year's enacted level. The statement that has been submitted to the committee will be printed in the hearing record. PREPARED STATEMENT In addition, the budget proposes improvements and upgrades to the ground-based midcourse defense system and regional defense capabilities. The request exceeds the defense spending caps mandated by the 2011 Budget Control Act by more than $37 billion. We look for- ward, however, to working with our distinguished witness and oth- ers to develop a bill that will provide funding in fiscal year 2016 that will enable the Missile Defense Agency to successfully carry out its responsibilities. (1)