We are the ground game for the United States Government in terms of working with our partners in-country.

We very much are committed to being clear with our partners that this is assistance coming from the American people.

We hold countries and ourselves accountable for results.

We hold countries and ourselves accountable for results.

We are the ground game for the United States Government in terms of working with our partners in-country.

Did you know that there are four times as many IT workers over the age of 60 than IT workers under the age of 30?

And I find it offensive that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are calling us bullies because we don't want to chop off the breasts of a 15-year-old girl, and we certainly don't want the Federal Government funding it.

It's machine learning. I mean, it's all these things. It's all-encompassing, we're learning.

They don't. They absolutely do not, and there is data showing that, supporting that.

Does it include education considerations? Like, you don't need a four-year degree to be a computer IT engineer.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Gallego, for this hearing today.

I find it ridiculous. Do whatever you want to do as an adult, but by God, don't do it to our kids.

We have to think about this on the defensive side as much as we think about this on the offensive side.

What are you doing to reform the hiring process to take on these jobs when all these individuals retire who are over the age of 60?

Do you think the American taxpayers who sign the front of your paycheck, do you think that they deserve answers?

You are the director of the Office of Personnel Management and you don't know in the private sector if you don't show up to work you know what happens? You get fired.

It's going to transform the world and it's going to be epic.

You know, human intelligence involved.

I look forward to working with everyone on both sides of the aisle on this issue. It is very important.

the government really needs to step up.

this is the first AI hearing this Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

What do you need from Congress to do more, better, faster, more efficiently?

But are the biometrics, are they used both on legal citizens coming across the ports of entry and those who are crossing over illegally?

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I yield back.

I don't think that we are ready for what is going to happen in a very short period of time.