Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding this hearing.

I believe that real-time, machine-to-machine sharing can make a real difference in protecting our networks.

I urge your support for the rapid development, prototyping, and fielding of new and advanced technologies.

We must continue to fund this effort.

These investments deserve our continued support and we must work tirelessly to ensure that the Department of Defense resourced appropriately to defend against adversarial threats.

We do have a 30-kilowatt laser right now on the USS Ponce that is in theater.

I have been a long-time advocate for things like directed energy and high-velocity projectile technologies.

Like many Americans, I am eager to hear the details of President Trump's plan to invest $1 trillion in our Nation's infrastructure.

We have to focus on that quite significantly.

Transit is the stepchild of most of our transportation programs, frankly.

We really have to put our money where our mouth is when it comes to the Highway Trust Fund.

Senator Reed deserves a great deal of credit for facilitating that new service by helping to secure $110 million in AIP grants.

What I hope we do not see from this Administration is a plan built around massive tax incentives for private investors.

I also hope that the Trump administration does not attempt to solve our infrastructure problems on the cheap.

I want to particularly thank Senator Inhofe and Senator Crapo, who are the two opening cosponsors on the Republican side, along with myself and Senator Booker.

I consider that to be kind of a market deformation.

I look forward to working with you. I think Chairman Alexander has a similar concern.

To me, one of the elements of this that is most attractive is the potential down the road for advanced nuclear technology to begin to direct its attention to our existing nuclear waste stockpile.