How important is it to be able to move quickly, decisively, and with legal authority when an intrusion is detected?

I'm not hearing what we're going to do about it, but that may be a higher-level decision, going up to the President.

according to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom's annual report for 2015, Yazidis and Christians in Iraq and Syria have endured a 'systematic campaign' of persecution which has included summary executions…

why does it make sense to this administration to provide weapons to moderate Syrian fighters but not to Ukraine--a legitimately elected democracy simply seeking to maintain their territorial integrity, protect their sovereignty, and choose…

if we don't follow up with action... we haven't seen a response.

Russia has violated the INF. Why is DOD waiting for Russia to field the system in question to respond if Russia has already violated the INF by flight testing the respective system?

I think this is something that should be examined.

article II of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as any act committed with the intent to destroy all or part of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Without secure systems, we cannot do any of our missions.

a lot of talk, no action, unfortunately. And people take their cues from that. And that worries me.

What are we doing about it?

I think it does make sense to have PHMSA play a role not only after the fact, but in FERC's pre-filing process.