Kelly Ayotte

When you say the services feasible----

But as of March 1, your agency has announced that you are not going to fund the at-sea monitoring.

So we want to talk extinction. This is extinction of fishermen.

I cannot believe that we would have a system where we are going to put iconic fishermen out of business.

I think stronger sanctions are very important for the international community.

I appreciate, Admiral, that you are already undertaking a reexamination because, as you have rightly pointed out, conditions have completely changed since 2006.

I think that is really important, so that we can understand the capability comparisons there.

To the third point you just made about nonstate actors using cyber as a weapon system, how grave of a threat is that to us, currently?

I think that is an important issue as well because the SDB II provides F-35A an ability to kill multiple targets in adverse weather.

I have great confidence in our Guard and Reserve, but I don't think that gets to the fundamental question.

That's why you discussed, in your opening testimony, the need for the coordination between government, private sector, and across the whole of government.

the networks that are being used to traffic the drugs into our country also are networks that can be used to, essentially, traffic anything.

What are the greatest risks, to the extent you can describe them here, to our critical infrastructure?

Is this being done prematurely, number one, given obviously the concerns we have about the close air support capacity?

I hope you would because, as I understand it, we have been told that there are plans to destroy a total of 79 A-10's this and next fiscal year.

I would just urge you with Portsmouth submitting the proposal, that you work very closely with the city and in a transparent manner so that we can really get this cleaned up and also get treatment or support for anyone who has been…

Let me just thank Senator Donnelly, because this is something that he's been a great leader on that we've worked together.

I want to thank the chairman.

To what degree are key programs in the Navy dependent on sole source suppliers?

In New Hampshire, we had a record number of drug overdose deaths this year from heroin and Fentanyl--420.

The calls for an indigenous ROK nuclear weapons program are not unique to recent events.

Minimally sufficient, to me, doesn't sound like protecting our national security interests.

Our intent would be for none of them to be grounded for unserviceable wings. A-10's that are in the fleet we need to keep flying.

This is something I've raised also with Secretary Johnson.

I was able to include a very--a bipartisan effort that was focused in asking the Secretary of Defense to carry out research, development, testing, and evaluation activities with Israel on anti-tunnel capabilities.