Well, I certainly think that DIU deserves our support. It certainly has mine and we want to continue to leverage the model that they bring to the table and engaging with these small innovative companies.

If we are not failing, we are not learning.

I couldn't agree more.

I thank Ranking Member Banks for his partnership in holding these hearings with us.

It's past time to fully reopen the Capitol to the way it was before COVID.

China is showing up, more and more aggressively in technical standard setting bodies internationally, and NIST is planning to really reassert ourselves.

U.S. exports of technology to Russia have fallen by nearly 70 percent since we imposed these export controls.

Your agencies play key roles in ensuring that our physical space here on the Capitol Campus is safe - not just for Members of Congress and staff, but also the millions of visitors who are eagerly returning after 2 years as we reopen.

Many would agree this is the greatest national security threat that we face or one of them that we face in the 21st century.

We want to make sure the Senate Sergeant at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol have the tools needed to continue keeping us safe and to keep up with both known and emerging threats.

As we know, directed energy weapons, such as lasers and high-powered microwaves, can effectively engage a variety of threats with speed, flexibility, precision, and on a low cost-per-shot basis.

I am not certain that a plan which aims to fix a supposedly urgent problem by 2027 demonstrates that the Navy takes cyber seriously.

Let this hearing serve as a warning to the Putin regime we will do all we can to hold you and your enablers responsible for your crimes.

I'm very proud that our Nation's finest nuclear submarines are built right in the great State of Rhode Island.

After almost 12 years in Congress, today is my last day. It has been an honor to serve with you all from both parties. I love this institution as it still exemplifies what is best about our government. We are the people's House. While I am…

Despite this, the FY23 budget request has cut all funding for a critical directed energy effort--specifically the Diode-Pumped Alkali Laser (DPAL)--despite its recent history of success, and the proven value DE technologies provide to our…

This has got to be a priority for us and I hope that it will continue to be so.

we can't do enough to shore up our economic presence in the region.