Tom Cotton: “Thank you all for your service, not just on this commission, but many of you have served our country in other ways.”

Once confirmed, I look forward to working with Mr. Clayton to keep Americans safe and continue reforming the Office of Director of National Intelligence.

These facts reflect severe vulnerabilities at our nation’s premier and most sensitive scientific environments.

I write to you concerned about American companies increasingly relying on Chinese AI models.

I’m pleased that my colleagues voted to confirm Mr. Clayton as Director of National Intelligence and look forward to working with him to keep Americans safe.