I hope you are going to be asking for the right resources to do that and we stand ready to support you.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 164. Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. McAdams The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by…

Our enemies and adversaries are not standing still on this, and they used this asymmetric technology to undermine our advantages.

I appreciate the Department recognizing the critical need for a third Virginia-class submarine in its FY20 budget request.

We have to face the fact that climate change is here and it is going to cost us more if we don't prepare for it and mitigate those effects going forward.

We need to make sure that we get that right. It goes right to the heart of the health, also the force.

Do all SOCOM components use the same ground mobility vehicles? If not, why and is there an effect on the interoperability of SOF components?

Over the past 5 years, what is the range of special duty incentive pay paid to SOCOM personnel broken out by component?

How has the optimization of AFRICOM affected SOCOM? Has this improved PERSTEMPO and dwell ratios for force providing components?

What are the top five most high-demand/low-density skill sets in SOCOM currently?

It is an understatement to say that the world has changed since the establishment of the command in 1987.

Do SOCOM personnel conduct periodic peer reviews of their team members and if so, how does this affect personnel management?

H.R. 312 would allow the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to open a casino in Taunton, Massachusetts.

I think this--again, the challenges that we face here reinforce the need for much more of a whole-of-government approach and getting the oars pulling in the same direction.

Thank you. I think you touched on my next question I had, but in really thinking about more specifically how the Department is thinking about cyber and opioids and other nontraditional research materials and capabilities that could be used…

I am becoming increasingly concerned about the dual-use technologies, the threats of bioweapons, and we need to have a continued and strengthened focus on this area to keep our country safe, keep our troops safe, and our allies around the…

Unfortunately, the Department of Defense has failed significantly to meet its statutory mandate on this report, and I am concerned that we are now in a cycle of throwing good money after bad.

I would say the effects of climate change are things that we have to consider at the strategic, operational, tactical level in all of our military operations in the future.

I just want to take the opportunity to congratulate you on becoming the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

I appreciate the great contributions you have made to our national security.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank all of our witnesses for your testimony today.

I mean, climate change, whether people want to recognize it or not, it is happening.

I would hope that we are building resiliency in, that we are planning ahead. I mean, climate change, whether people want to recognize it or not, it is happening, and we are going to be throwing good money after bad if we do not plan.

I think it makes sense for modernization of facilities that do science and technology to be funded out of science and technology work.

This S&T ecosystem is charged with delivering the best capabilities to the warfighter in the near, mid and long term.