we should no longer provide cover for that posture of them pretending to be a responsible actor.

Thank the gentleman.

I want to welcome you to this hearing on 'Threats to Space Assets and Implications for Homeland Security.'

Well, I want to thank the witnesses for your participation today. This has been a very important topic to help us focus on it also, but raise awareness that we need to be taking some action.

I thought it was a swing and a miss for a couple of problems.

I mean, the big winner in today's hearing, Vladimir Putin.

It is just irrational to me that he thinks -- the President of the United States thinks that this helps his cause on what is a big kafuffle.

I thought the biggest swing and a miss was they had their appointee, the director of national intelligence for the Obama administration who served for eight years come out and said two important things. One, that there was no collusion.

If he does watch television, Mr. President, please, please, please, stop talking about this.

In joint support operations, they have eradicated 13 million marijuana plants. They have seized tons of marijuana, illegal weapons, and so forth, all to the tune of $25 billion.

But the proposed budget for State and foreign operations has rather draconian cuts.

My area was ground zero 14 years ago at the outset of an OxyContin rage that raged across the country.