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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Equality Act will amend long-standing civil rights laws.

Our Constitution requires something more, and so all I am asking is to support this bill which just reaffirms.

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…

Violence does not just take the form of mass shootings and vigilante murders. It is also family separation and refugee bans.

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.

Not only would military intervention be illegal, it would also come with serious consequences that I feel would not only hurt the Venezuelan people, but also the prospects for democracy.

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

We must have a policy that continues to place pressure on him and that seeks a diplomatic solution in Venezuela.