Cyber operations from China are still targeting and exploiting U.S. Government, defense industry, academic, and private computer networks.
We know there is--the TSA thinks there is 73 potential employees potentially with terrorist ties.
You are spending all this money and we know that not every TSA employee is up to standard.
I see that as a real danger.
We have a China that thinks long range, that we do a lot of trade with, but is determined to modernize their nuclear weapons system.
The only people I know that can rein him in would be China, if they chose to.
We have a resurgent Russia under Putin, who seems to be very venturesome, to say the least, and nobody to rein him in.
Let's talk about the replacement engine, which this committee has funded the research and development.
What's going on with sue and settle is a violation of State rights and, I think, private property rights.
It could be a national security cost plus a physical cost, could it not?
With threats around the world ranging from ISIL and rogue nations on one end, to increasingly assertive near-peer competitors on the other, ...
We want to get through it, but we don't want to jeopardize anything for American security to do that.
We can't fall behind, can we not?
We all want to get rid of the dependence to some extent on the Russian engine. I think that is a given.
How much, roughly, do we buy from Russia? I know we buy more from Russia than just these engines.
We can't defend this Nation with yesterday's weapons when you have potential competitors or adversaries moving to the next level.
The third offset strategy is based on the idea that we need to be as creative and innovative as we can to find some new ideas and new techno...
The idea that we can be challenged in terms of technological superiority is something that people don't take very seriously initially.
