Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for your service to our country. 13 people lost their lives, 30 people were injured. It underscores what we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. This is my ninth annual threat hearing that i have either chaired or participated in. I often say im not the most uplifting character. Those i could say that in nine years, i have seen tremendous progress being made and we have reduced these threats and all is well. Unfortunately, we face the same threats. If anything, the threats are growing. Nine years ago, we were talking about the blind use of drive drones or the use of social media. We face the same threats. They are evolving. Terrorist groups are metastasizing. They are spreading around the world. , it has happened is grown more complex and difficult. You have tremendous responsibilities on your shoulders. Really, i will turn it over to my Ranking Member and we will get to witness testimony.
Dealing with in terms of threat environment. Hearing that ih have participated in. Have seen ald say i reduction in threat and all is well. If anything, the threats are growing. We were talking about drones and the extent of social media. Evolving and terrorist groups are spreading around the world and if anything , it has grown far more complex and difficult. You have tremendous responsibility and on your shoulders. I will turn it over to witness testimony. Thank you for being here today. The department of Homeland Security was created to defend the United States from any and all threats. The departments leaders are critical to our National Security efforts and we rely on them to coordinate with the National Counterterrorism and fbi. 9 11,hs was created after agency was very clear [inaudible] the narrow focus was expanded and as threats have grown, they have become more dynamic as well. Andthreats have emerged foreign adversaries disrupt the nations cyber networks. Interference has pr
In to start legislative work today. You can continue watching this and both of last weeks Senate Health Care Committee hearings on the individual Health Insurance market on our website cspan. Org. Live coverage of the u. S. House. Prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conro y. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god we give you thanks for giving us another day. As members of the peoples house return to washington, delayed by the storms that have blown through the southeast, we ask your blessing upon them. That they might be all the more focused in their work and as modeled by so Many Americans in their efforts these past days in helping their neighbors prepare to Work Together to address our nations most pressing needs. Continue to bless those who are recovering from hurricane destruction and those fighting still the storms of wildfire that plague our western states. Blanket those who fight to overcome these Natural Disasters with your spirit of strength and endurance and pres
Conduct tests, modeling, simulation. I was talking to a company the other day about really large company, how long it took them to to get approval to buy some kind of Software Package to do some modeling. And this is the for one of the bands of the future, they had a lot of stake in. So, its not just the government. Its a lot of folks that are hurting for money, and resources. So, any way to kind of filter that back into r d and testing, that would be great. Anyone else . Go ahead. I just want to add, i think with regard to doing the testing and the studies, from an industry privilege, we actually embarked on a monitoring activity to assess the type of emissions that were enculpberred in specific bands and figure out what impact would those emissions have on an imculp were going to share that with the Regulatory Community and dod as a way to move things forward with regard to how can you better share between federal and nonfederal assets. I think its a great idea. The idea of using the
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