Thank you, Chairman Whitehouse, and to my colleagues and those attending, it is a pleasure to have Rick Dwyer here today.

This is already urgent in Virginia. The sea level rise in Hampton Roads is imposing significant costs on our military installations, but also on our communities.

Virginia has become a real leader in clean energy.

I think America's greatest strength is our alliances.

it is important to get the AUKUS piece right before we like prematurely add others in.

We will reach 100 percent clean energy for our DOD facilities in Virginia by 2030.

We will reach 100 percent clean energy for our DOD facilities in Virginia by 2030.

We're doing a good job on that, and you talked a little bit about the impact on operations in Hampton Roads when you have the main road serving the biggest and most important naval base in the world, more and more likely to flood just…

I frankly believe, and I think you've raised this, respectfully to some of my other members, I don't think we can do it with solar and wind alone.

Thanks, Chairman Sanders, thanks to the panel.

I appreciate your service, your testimony, and thanks Mr. Chairman.

We're doing a good job on that, and you talked a little bit about the impact on operations in Hampton Roads when you have the main road serving the biggest and most important naval base in the world, more and more likely to flood just…

I agree with Senator Braun that the national debt is a huge issue.

And that is not just for the political appointees. The thing that is a little bit unusual about this is you see the holds of these career appointees who served under Presidents of both parties, who had to pass one of the toughest exams in…

if we mattered to you, you would have someone here, right?

For people to deny those facts is a complete disconnect from reality.

I'm going to be in Appalachian, Virginia tomorrow visiting the Allegheny Highlands Dental Center.

If we don't get ahead of climate change it is a national security imperative.