I'm always concerned about the silos that I think too often we work in, in government and the need to coordinate and cooperate across agency portfolios.

I hope that with the FAA reauthorization on the floor that we will get the Airport Security Enhancement and Oversight Act perhaps added to that.

We didn't need it.

This is legislation that required TSA to implement best practices and improve transparency with regard to technology acquisition programs.

I would love for us to receive that report so that we can understand where we stand with it and what further action that we can support you on to really improve the acquisition process.

Russia said it was being so helpful in Syria. I think we know the truth.

I cannot think of a better person to name this ship after, so it is great.

Every dollar we spend in R&D has to count, and taxpayers should expect to receive a good return on investment.

The 2017 budget proposes combining all of the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive operations and policy development into one office.

My time is up, but can I ask another follow-up on this?

I think you are absolutely right about resiliency. It was one reason why I found it hard to understand the budget proposal.

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I want to go back to the issue that Senator Tester was raising about the randomizer app.

DHS dedicates a very small portion of its total budget to R&D, just over 1 percent.

And any planes that are landing anywhere in the United States, even at private airfields, are going to be met by somebody who would be able to scan for nuclear material?

the impact is much more devastating than we are seeing from either of those potential threats.

Well, maybe I did not ask the question very well. That was what I was trying to figure out, was why, if we are combining all of the other operational aspects of CBRNE into one office, why are we not combining the R&D part of that into that…

I think it is really critical that we take a look at how we are defining these public health emergencies and the threat that is really posed to the population.