Frankly, there are many of us that want to deal with the overall BCA in solving it. I'm still committed to doing that.

Making events on the ground and the commitment to continue there be more conditions-based than time-based is always a good thing.

I was pleased to hear the President's announcement this week that he has decided to leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan until the end of the year.

What do you mean by a non-trivial potential?

I would encourage you to do that.

I read with great interest the President's recent executive order planning for Federal sustainability in the next decade.

And can you talk about the role of the Department of Energy in encouraging, looking at the use of thermal biomass throughout the Federal Government?

I wonder if you could talk a little bit about the potential that you see in thermal biomass and what the role of DOE can be in promoting that or encouraging its use.

Hopefully, we will act with more sanity in this budget cycle.

I think one of the greatest national disgraces we have in this country right now is that we have such a high number of homeless and jobless veterans.

I want to thank all of our panelists.

Can I also follow up on the issue of as I understand the proposed rule, it prohibits UAS operation above people.

Do you anticipate this is going to be a self-funded thing?

I want to acknowledge the tragedy in Europe this morning. My thoughts go out to the friends and families of those who were affected.

I would like to call on Senator Schatz.

Today's hearing is not about the military use of drones, but the commercial, recreational, and public utilization of a new technology that represents much promise.

Prime Minister Abadi must balance the influence and interests of multiple internal and external actors in a difficult, fiscally constrained political environment.

I hope you would agree with me that this is outrageous.