secretary cartergi for the answeru have vet th is key to and maintain that technological edge. as anyone with the committee knows to face disproportionately large cut over the of last few years under the budget control act. i was especially encouraged to see the department will invest in new facilities the lab has ideas through decades in we thank you for your support in the important role on the massachusetts innovation it is part of sunday much larger but turning to sexual assault. i have spent troubled by a number of stories from the "washington post" about the senior officer sexual assault cases. with that military justice system in the willingness to pursue allegations against officers. and those osared by this committee with that on an noone system of tracking cases i would encourage the department to make the military justice system and less transparent as possible i hope it opens to survivors the of the public. we have all read the troubling accounts better read and -- later retaliated against teresa's them of justice those that have experienced retaliation according to