Our enemies and adversaries are not standing still on this, and they used this asymmetric technology to undermine our advantages.

I appreciate the Department recognizing the critical need for a third Virginia-class submarine in its FY20 budget request.

We have to face the fact that climate change is here and it is going to cost us more if we don't prepare for it and mitigate those effects going forward.

What are the top five most high-demand/low-density skill sets in SOCOM currently?

We need to make sure that we get that right. It goes right to the heart of the health, also the force.

Do SOCOM personnel conduct periodic peer reviews of their team members and if so, how does this affect personnel management?

It is an understatement to say that the world has changed since the establishment of the command in 1987.

Over the past 5 years, what is the range of special duty incentive pay paid to SOCOM personnel broken out by component?

How has the optimization of AFRICOM affected SOCOM? Has this improved PERSTEMPO and dwell ratios for force providing components?

Do all SOCOM components use the same ground mobility vehicles? If not, why and is there an effect on the interoperability of SOF components?

It is not only the Trump Administration's rhetoric and refusal to unequivocally condemn White nationalism that is problematic but his actual xenophobic policies have emboldened the most openly racist elements of our society and posed grave…

There is no question that media companies play a role, not intentionally perhaps, but play a role in facilitating the spread of communications on behalf of White supremacists or on behalf of the White supremacy movement?

I regret that there are some on this panel who have tried to hijack this hearing and desecrate the lives lost.

During the last 10 years, 76 percent of individuals killed by right-wing extremists were killed by White supremacists.

We cannot ignore stories like Kai's or pretend that they are isolated incidents.

Some of them move to violence. Others mobilize to pull the country through policies and through politics ever more in the direction of bigotry, mistrust, and polarization.

This legislation, introduced by Representative David Cicilline and supported by 240 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives, is our opportunity to affirm that this country's landmark civil rights guarantee all people the right…

The Equality Act is the next chapter in this story.