If we waited to shoot this one down over water why didn't we shoot the last ones down over water?

I have got a problem with a Chinese balloon flying over my State, much less the rest of the country.

Senator, thank you for being here, I look forward to working with you.

A violation of airspace is a violation of airspace, and to know absolutely that this was of no military threat to us.

Did we know what the Chinese were trying to collect with that balloon?

Last week was a sober reminder of just how petty and divided our politics have become.

Everyone on this Committee is extremely interested in protecting our land, air, and water quality across the nation and, quite frankly, around the world.

Montanans and folks all across this country value their freedom, they value their privacy.

I want thank you all for being here today for this very important briefing.

We are holding this briefing today because American public deserves to hear from the Department of Defense, not play politics with the National Security.

So we knew what they were looking for?

I couldn't agree with you more, a hundred percent, and the fact is, they are the ones that violated our airspace.

I will take on anyone to make sure China does not weaken our country.

I think it is a huge threat.

It should not have been a surprise that China did this because nothing happened before, at least to our knowledge, nothing has happened before to them for these over flights.

I put a lot of faith into the Military leadership.

Despite us being one of the leading consumers and developers of electrification, you highlight just how reliant we are on our foreign adversaries for these technologies.

how else can they block our every move here, and continue to keep American energy from reaching its full potential, and force us to rely on these foreign entities?