I want to stress how important our investment in science and technology and the innovation ecosystem is to our national security.

Now more than ever, our science and technology enterprise plays a strategic role that is fundamental to our national and economic security.

I am concerned that our S&T investments represent an alarmingly small percentage of our overall defense budget...

I wanted to particularly highlight your testimony, Mrs. Rose. Thank you so much for being here.

Your statement was incredibly powerful to hear from you as a mom, and you are an example for so many parents across this country.

I also want to thank all of the witnesses for your very important and compelling testimony today.

I think it is important, when we talk about educational tools for parents, that we provide information about screen time and potential long-term negative impacts of too much screen time at an early age.

At present, China and Russia pose the greatest espionage and cyber attack threats, but we anticipate that all our adversaries and strategic competitors will increasingly build and integrate cyber espionage, attack, and influence campaigns…

Dictators have that advantage, and their use of technologies and information is as much about exerting control over their own populations as it is confronting free societies like ours.

Ranking Member Stefanik, if you think about persistent engagement, I would offer two different components that are very, very important, that are foundational to persistent engagement.

President Ghani's message to us was crystal clear, that not having the democratically elected government have a seat at the table during the negotiations nullifies how they could come to a positive outcome.

the democratically elected government is completely excluded from these talks.