PFOA is present in the groundwater near Hoosick Falls and Petersburg, New York, as a result of a plastic manufacturing plant nearby.

How difficult is it to clean up PFC contamination once it reaches a river or lake, and what can be done to prevent further contamination?

We believe there is no medically valid reason, including the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, to exclude transgender individuals from military service.

I am concerned that the regulatory analysis published by the NRC in January 2018 proposes to relieve licensees of the regulatory burden of providing site specific analysis or determining when a decommissioning plant is no longer subjected…

What would be the safety rationale for not requiring sites specific analysis when allowing a decommissioning plant to significantly reduce its emergency preparedness activities?

These cyber attacks on nuclear companies and facilities are deeply alarming.

I was disappointed to see the budget request would propose a 50 percent cut to the LLE in fiscal year 2019 and shut it down completely in three years.

The work of hundreds of scientists and researchers would end and efforts to achieve ignition... would be considerably slowed if not abandoned.

Senator Rounds and Nelson have been very focused on this.

We do see an attack on our election infrastructure as a declaration of war.

We already know we have foreign adversaries who are hammering it daily.

If we were ever given this responsibility, if we were ever given this authority, these are the ten things we would need.

However, it is unclear whether this policy is being met.

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 contained a provision known as 'Talia's Law' requiring any person within the chain of command to immediately report suspected child abuse or neglect.

Can you please explain which spouse survey you are referring to?

I cannot imagine what it would be like to go through that kind of experience without a strong support system.

Ms. Barna, how is DOD evaluating whether the training is adequate and are there any requirements on who presents the training?

Ms. Barna, if you intend to ask questions of servicemembers and spouses regarding domestic violence, why wouldn't you also ask questions in these two surveys about child abuse prevalence?

You could get some of it from the spousal survey I suspect.

But, there are other entities that collect this data that could report on this.

I hope that today's hearing is the beginning of a productive dialogue that can do just that, shine a light on these issues.

I'm concerned about the stigma surrounding this type of violence for male servicemembers or partners.

I believe it is time to make the safety of military families a priority, especially now when we expect so much from them and they are so vulnerable.

Your bravery is inspiring.

I understand that our youngest children are at the greatest risk of fatality from abuse and neglect.