I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

I do expect for the demand to increase in the future.

I am quite worried that we are going to keep rebuilding these places because there is a political economy around ignoring the facts of the matter.

Going after professors on shoddy evidence will hurt, not help, American innovation by sending the best minds elsewhere.

Yes. And as you know, I am all for climate spending.

Going after professors on shoddy evidence will hurt, not help, American innovation by sending the best minds elsewhere.

We must message this to them. We must give them tools. We must give them data. We must help them.

I am glad to see more foreign assistance invested in the Pacific Islands, and look forward to hearing about the work that you plan to do with the larger program budget and more U.S. Government facilities in the region.

The Chinese government has undertaken a widespread and systematic campaign of stealing American intellectual property to advance the Chinese economy.

I hope that you will support our efforts to fund such a hub in Hawaii.

We know that there are certain groups of people in our communities that are targeted for scammers and for all kinds of bad acts, including identity theft, et cetera.

I think that does it for this hearing. And I have to say, trial lawyers may have influence but apparently not as much influence as the NRA around here.

It is one thing to report, but it is another for them to be able to shut it down on their own.

So once it is reported, though, is there any kind of prosecution that happens through the reporting?

If there are certain things, certain kinds of information that we, particularly as members of this Committee, because we are very committed to helping our veterans, if there is certain kinds of information that we should make available to…

A common practice among scammers and predatory creditors is to threaten to contact chain of command if a servicemember does not comply with their demand.

I think there needs to be criminal prosecution of these. Probably they just keep doing it because a fine, I do not think, is enough deterrence.

So would you support the establishment of a joint natural infrastructure science program, because I find that working with universities, or, in fact, even with students in high school and in earlier grades where they are exposed to these…