Jim Langevin

We must continue to fund this effort.

I urge your support for the rapid development, prototyping, and fielding of new and advanced technologies.

We do have a 30-kilowatt laser right now on the USS Ponce that is in theater.

I have been a long-time advocate for things like directed energy and high-velocity projectile technologies.

The U.S. is positioned to lead NATO to achieve cyber goals.

It is no secret that over the past decade, the Russian government has conducted increasingly frequent and egregious cyberattacks against NATO countries.

These wargaming projections indicate NATO's current structure would fail to repel a Russian force invasion of its bordering Baltic neighbors.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for convening this panel. It has been a great discussion.

Can you compare the F-35's abilities compared to that of the next generation fighter jets coming out of China and Russia?

I will tell you that there are vulnerabilities in the system today that we know about that we are trying to fix.

I certainly look forward to working with you, Mr. Chairman, and our ranking member.

I want to thank our witnesses for your testimony today and we thank you all for your great service to our Nation.

I believe precise and quality policies, procedures, and guidelines are essential to minimizing civilian causalities--both inside and outside areas of active hostilities.

Lessons learned from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other engagements around the world have demonstrated the importance of minimizing civilian casualties to winning the 'hearts and minds' of locals and ultimately decreasing animosity towards the…

Now we see it as a civil right and that really needs to carry through in disaster planning as a forethought, not an afterthought.

If we are inclusive to everyone, we have gotten rid of the barriers, because in a crisis the more complex our systems are, the more likely they are going to fail our most vulnerable at their time of need.

I think it is important that we make it a forethought, not an afterthought.

I want to make sure that people with disabilities are a forethought, not an afterthought.

In 2006, Congress created the position of disability coordinator at FEMA to provide guidance to both FEMA staff and State and local partners on how to incorporate people with disabilities into disaster planning.

I think in the long run this ban will do more harm than good, both to our security but also to our troops in the field.

We view the order as one that will ultimately undermine the National security of the United States rather than making us safer.

We all agree that the United States faces real threats from terrorist networks and must take all prudent and effective steps to combat them, including the appropriate vetting of travelers to the United States.

So the brief pretty clearly outlines my chief concerns with the E.O., namely that it was not based on specific credible evidence of a threat and that it puts our troops in harm's way.

As ranking member of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, I have been a long-time advocate for the cultivation and operationalization of matured, advanced technologies to assist our warfighter whenever and wherever we are…

I am deeply disturbed by President Trump's executive order freezing refugee resettlement from certain Muslim-majority countries and ceasing the intake of any refugees from Syria.