Mr. Wolf. Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I commend your leadership in holding these hearings.

I would hope that, upon reflection, Members of Congress here in the House would reconsider the cuts that we made to the continuing resolution in the 150 Function.

I am struck by the fact that, just a few weeks ago, here in the House of Representatives, the United States Congress, sadly, from my point of view, significantly slashed the 150 Function of the budget.

I am reminded of the fact, listening to our colleague understandably concerned about the use of loudspeakers, that when the United States, through the Government of General Noriega in Panama, the American military used exactly this…

We condemned Kim Dae Jung's initiative by saying, if anything else, can we at least let the Koreans encourage them...

I believe a Team B would provide a tremendous service in making recommendations on how we could disrupt domestic radicalization.

According to the Congressional Research Service, there have been 43 homegrown Jihadist terrorist plots and attacks since 9/11.

We cannot afford to be silent. I am reminded of the song by Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer, that says, 'Man hears what he wants to hear, but disregards the rest.'

Despite the FBI's success, the United States does not have an effective or coherent policy to thwart radicalization.

I commend the FBI, and Director Mueller, and all the men of the FBI, and men and women of the FBI and our other services for the outstanding work that they have done in intercepting would-be terrorists before their attacks.

we must foster partnerships with peaceful and law-abiding Americans of the Muslim faith.

International terrorism is a crime.

I remain opposed to the extension of these provisions without changes to them to better ensure the rights of innocent Americans are not trampled upon.

I believe you need a larger budget to reach your defined goals and set the Navy up for success in the 21st century.

Why are we just now going to General Quarters over this?

I refuse to believe that this is just an instant revelation by the U.S. Navy.

I think that is the proper response to what has been a failed optimal manning plan.

I refuse to believe that that just happened overnight, that that realization was just there.