Charles Q. Brown: “I don't want a constituent calling me saying we are not providing care for veterans. That is unacceptable.”

We must accelerate change or lose.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve my country in a new way, as I testify before you in support of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the destruction of oil and gas and drilling.

I urge Congress to pass H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, recently introduced by Chairman Jared Huffman.

This allows us to advance the tech refresh cycle that actually pulls more contributors into innovating, and producing capabilities, that we can rapidly deliver to our Guardians.