We need to be looking at the region comprehensively, especially with all the federal facilities.

It's a resilience problem that we have to invest.

I do have a bill, the Blue Ridge Safety Act, which would more clearly grant you the authority to issue one permit a year in cases where there was an emergency.

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

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

I do think it is a good template for how we can become more interoperable with our allies.

I think America's greatest strength is our alliances.

We have 18 different military installations and annexes in Hampton Roads.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Forgive me for being a little late, but we have too many hearings.

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.

They see that the alliances that the U.S. and other democratic nations have is a powerful force multiplier.

It is very dangerous to rely on sources like that.

We applaud Rep.Wittman and his colleagues in the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 615--the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act.

We applaud Representative Wittman and his colleagues in the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 615.

it's stupid, cruel, and expensive.

I think it would increase transparency.

I think it was with an 18 to 3 vote. We're waiting for, hopefully, getting some floor time on that.