priorities that democrats have said they very much want to get done. maria: yeah. speaking of security, you introduced this week a bipartisan resolution supporting the modernization and maintenance of the country's intercontinental ballistic missile fleet, icbm fleet. tell us about it. >> right. it follows the administration's missile defense review. it's parking lot of defending our country -- part of defending our country, making sure as our adversaries increase their capabilities that we can defeat them. we always have to have the technological edge so that we cannot only defend our country, but keep our troops safe when they're out there defending us. we need to make sure that they have superiority in terms of technology and weapon systems. maria: and the other nuclear countries -- true shah, china, iran, north korea -- are they pursuing advancements in their weaponry? >> exactly right, and that's why we have to stay ahead of them. both in our icbm and our abm, antiballistic or missile defense