"So, I do not want to put words in your mouth, but I am hearing you say, look, before we politically decide to dismiss something as an inconvenient fact, we need to have some skepticism about sourcing ..."
"I think America's greatest strength is our alliances."
"Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Forgive me for being a little late, but we have too many hearings."
"I do think it is a good template for how we can become more interoperable with our allies."
"China remains the most active and persistent cyberthreat to U.S. Government, private sector, and critical infrastructure networks."
"We need to be looking at the region comprehensively, especially with all the federal facilities."
"It's a resilience problem that we have to invest."
"if we become economically noncompetitive, we're never going to be able to grapple with the debt."
"I think we should've done Simpson-Bowles a decade ago."
"This is already urgent in Virginia. The sea level rise in Hampton Roads is imposing significant costs on our military installations, but also on our communities."
"We have 18 different military installations and annexes in Hampton Roads."
"We will reach 100 percent clean energy for our DOD facilities in Virginia by 2030."
"I frankly believe, and I think you've raised this, respectfully to some of my other members, I don't think we can do it with solar and wind alone."
"Thank you, Chairman Whitehouse, and to my colleagues and those attending, it is a pleasure to have Rick Dwyer here today."
"I do have a bill, the Blue Ridge Safety Act, which would more clearly grant you the authority to issue one permit a year in cases where there was an emergency."
"They see that the alliances that the U.S. and other democratic nations have is a powerful force multiplier."
"Virginia has become a real leader in clean energy."
"It is very dangerous to rely on sources like that."