Jim Langevin

And I think we are going to see more and more of this conflict in the gray zone below the threshold of armed conflict.

It is important for it to have full support and full resourcing.

Cyber, as we understand it in government, will always be something that creates risk to go along with its great promise.

Anytime that our enemies or adversaries do something that goes unanswered, I think it just emboldens them further.

I think it is important that we meet them at every challenge.

Bipartisanship isn't dead

I think that has to be a high priority, and certainly more support for the Cyber Excepted Service is going to have the support of this subcommittee and the committee as a whole.

However, the connections that we rely on also create vulnerabilities and new potential avenues for our adversaries to exploit at our Nation's expense.

We collectively benefit from the opportunities afforded by the technology that we incorporate into our lives.

Technology and the internet have fundamentally changed how citizens, the Nation, the military, and our adversaries in the world operate.

I think a robust discussion about what is actually in the Nuclear Posture Review and whether or not it makes sense to maintain that deterrence, that is the debate we were having.

I don't think there is anybody on this committee who is not in support of modernizing our nuclear force.

Using low-enriched uranium in naval reactor fuel has the potential to bring significant national security benefits.

I want to thank our witnesses for your testimony this morning.

The President has claimed--and the way I read it, it has misled the American people.

So, Secretary Nielsen, what the President had said was not accurate, was it?

I have long held that and I have an interest in ensuring that we are making policy based on sound data and credible threats.

Now let me establish, from the outset, that we all want stronger border security.

The facts are exactly the opposite when you are talking-- looking at the actual number. Apprehensions today are substantially smaller than they were 20 years ago.

According to this report, so the number of apprehensions at the border in 2000 was 1.6 million.

The question is what is the most efficacious way of getting us there and not creating a solution that fills a political promise but doesn't really achieve strong border security.

Thus, we strongly support the bipartisan Air Carrier Access Amendments Act, H.R. 1549, which was introduced in March 2019 by Representative Jim Langevin.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for holding this important hearing.

We really do expect and anticipate better communication from the Department moving forward on this issue.

I have been frustrated that we haven't moved it along more quickly.