I am concerned about the lack of oversight on these vehicles, the fact that there is a continuing need to define what they can and cannot be used for and finally, the absence of privacy safeguards that currently do not exist.

I had just a question for Dr. Humphreys. When you are comparing the civilian, if you want to use that term, versus what law enforcement uses in the different codes of encryption, what is the cost differential?

I would suggest that that is probably typical for all States. Do you think that we should be looking at this both at the Federal and State level?

How could this be used to disrupt the orderly and safe takeoffs and landings of airplanes, commercial airplanes?

I want to thank Chairman McCaul for holding today's hearing to examine the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, within the homeland.

I don't see military signals being used by civilians as a widespread solution.

There is some need of some kind of oversight because people's privacy rights are in danger.

In Massachusetts, 1.7 people die per day from opiate-related overdoses.

This is not an issue affecting a foreign nation. It is, instead, one that has significant consequences for the 4 million American citizens who live in Puerto Rico.

As the former District Attorney for Norfolk County in Massachusetts, I have witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of drug-related crimes and violence on entire families, communities, nations, and for the purpose of this hearing…

The American flag has flown over Puerto Rico for more than a century. The people of the U.S. Virgin Islands have been American citizens for almost as long.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 132, line 7, strike ``106,005'' and insert ``106,700''. Page 133, line 22, strike ``14,952'' and…