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Ken Calvert: “It's taken us too long, and it costs too much for some of…”

Featuring: Ken Calvert, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 41

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Hill & Valley Forum: Tom Mueller, Ken Calvert, Delian Asparouhov

Published | Video Starts at 22:12

And I'm sure they're here in the audience are probably mad at me, but the fact of life is that we've got to move faster and quicker. And unfortunately, It's taken us too long, and it costs too much for some of these systems. So we're going to have to broaden our horizons here. Speaking of, in some ways over reliance on large companies, I think all of us here on stage are huge fans of SpaceX. (22:12–22:19)

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Asserts that the current defense systems take too long to develop and are too costly.

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