You are taking funds from energy production off the coast of Louisiana and other Gulf states.

Is that because the offshore energy production does not affect our coast?

Why is Alaska more important than the Gulf Coast, and why are the western states more important than the Gulf Coast?

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the reality, as the gentleman from Indiana noted earlier, is that we are going to have disasters and we are going to spend funds responding to those disasters. The…

Mr. Speaker, I am grateful today to recognize the State of South Carolina being named by Foreign Direct Investment magazine for its superior achievement in foreign direct investment. South Carolina was identified for leading the Nation in…

And thank you very much, Congresswoman Stefanik. And Secretary Whelan, best wishes on your new duties.

Our special operations forces [SOF] remain essential and sometimes sole line of effort across the globe.

Thank you, Mr. Langevin.

When can we expect the next 5-year plan for oil and gas lease sales to come out?

We cannot afford to pass up this pivotal opportunity to expand safe and responsible OCS energy development.

With the formation of the 2017-2022 Five Year Program, this administration will be responsible for a decade of offshore lease planning.

It is our sincere hope that you will demonstrate a similar commitment to our nation's energy future.

I am pleased to welcome everyone here today to discuss our special operations forces in an evolving threat environment.

We look forward to working with you to ensure that exploration and production of our natural resources continues to move America to energy security in the 21st Century.

We have been debating here for some time whether we have the courage to do an AUMF.

I want to focus on ISR for a few moments, and whether the requirements are being met or what you might need.

We need to do more. We need to do better.

I stand ready to work with anyone on any of these options to start addressing this crisis because I think I simply can't, I just don't think we can afford to wait any longer.