It is imperative that we open up this important conversation to the public, and privacy and civil liberties stakeholders in particular.

Thank you very much, Chairman and Ranking Member Cole. Thank you for this. It is really interesting. I am learning a lot, and I know I don't know a lot.

I am particularly concerned how all of those issues impact black women and the black community and black children.

I introduced the Advancing Competitiveness, Transparency and Security in the Americas Act.

We are going to try to bring the committee back to order.

It is great to have you here today.

The subcommittee will come to order.

So could you give me some clarity on how this gets done in 15 years with the priorities that we are talking about.

Thank you, Chairman. General, I have followup on the question concerning the 135s, but he talked about the next 2 years.

the risk that we are facing today because of the condition of the facilities, and typically you would see a larger influx in the beginning because this is where we are trying to catch up.

We have ongoing operations that are taking place in the facilities the way they sit today, and we talked about you are making it work.

It has been a rough couple of years when it has come to the pandemic, but the good news is I believe we are on the other side of it.

the United States cannot stand idly by.

It is shocking to me that you cannot comment on the Inter-American Development Bank as a tool that is very viable

Something is not working in terms of our engagement in this regard in our own hemisphere.

The U.S. Coast Guard has called illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, otherwise known as IUU fishing, the primary global maritime security threat.

this hearing could not be more timely.

There is a clear disconnect.