The EPA's job is to assure compliance with the environmental laws as passed by Congress so that communities can be safeguarded from exposure to unhealthy pollutants and the environment can be protected.

I have more trees than people, so it is a big timber area.

One concern that they asked me about that I could not answer was why the decision seems to have been made to preposition the equipment.

I had the opportunity recently to meet in Brussels with officials from Europe and from particularly Eastern Europe and the Baltics.

I think that is an important issue as well because the SDB II provides F-35A an ability to kill multiple targets in adverse weather.

I think that is really important, so that we can understand the capability comparisons there.

What are the greatest risks, to the extent you can describe them here, to our critical infrastructure?

To the third point you just made about nonstate actors using cyber as a weapon system, how grave of a threat is that to us, currently?

the networks that are being used to traffic the drugs into our country also are networks that can be used to, essentially, traffic anything.

That's why you discussed, in your opening testimony, the need for the coordination between government, private sector, and across the whole of government.

I appreciate, Admiral, that you are already undertaking a reexamination because, as you have rightly pointed out, conditions have completely changed since 2006.

To what degree are key programs in the Navy dependent on sole source suppliers?

In New Hampshire, we had a record number of drug overdose deaths this year from heroin and Fentanyl--420.

This is something I've raised also with Secretary Johnson.

Let me just thank Senator Donnelly, because this is something that he's been a great leader on that we've worked together.

I was able to include a very--a bipartisan effort that was focused in asking the Secretary of Defense to carry out research, development, testing, and evaluation activities with Israel on anti-tunnel capabilities.

I want to thank the chairman.

Is this being done prematurely, number one, given obviously the concerns we have about the close air support capacity?