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There should be very vigorous discussions with the overall intelligence community.

There should be red teams. There should be people in the Capitol Police who think the unthinkable.

January 6th was one of the saddest days in our country. That our magnificent Capitol is not open to the public, and we had an attack on the heart of our democracy.

We cannot serve the public adequately if these parks are understaffed.

If we are going to invite people to the out-of-doors, we have to be able to meet their needs.

Well, I hope our two witnesses from the Administration will take this back.

Maine is the third-ranked state, as it has the third highest portion of our GDP coming from outdoor recreation of any state in the country.

I wanted to ask Mr. Chapple to convey my congratulations to the first Director of the National Park Service in five years.

We have a real problem with staffing in the National Parks.

So that is a technology that ought to be very useful in this situation.

My recollection is--and we have passed this bill, as we both have recognized, every year for the past 60 years, including over the last 4 or 5 years--in the last several years, there weren't that many amendments. There were a few, and it…

About a decade ago, when former Senator Joe Lieberman and I headed the Homeland Security Committee, I remember vividly testimony that we received from the Treasury Department in which the officials said that Saudi Arabia was the epicenter…

I want to talk a bit about the fact that we are pivoting away from terrorism and terrorism financing in the focus on Russia and China.

I think without a doubt we are greatly concerned about the cyber threats posed by China and Russia to the U.S. financial system

What can be done to ensure that any humanitarian assistance that is sent to Afghanistan, whose people are in dire need, is not diverted to strengthen terrorist groups?

Thank you, Chairman.

The collapse of Afghanistan amid the chaotic withdrawal by the administration has allowed the Taliban obviously to seize control of the country.

Well, just quickly, a final question. Would Iran be on your list?