mr. chairman. r. speaker, the ndaa is one of the most important bills that comes before congress. not only does this ndaa ensure that we have the weapons systems and equipment our service members need, it makes a needed course correction to restore the military's focus to fighting and winning wars. provisions i authored scale back the administration's woke agenda, prohibit funds for e.s.g. and restore the apolitical nature of the attending physician to congress. this year's ndaa also keeps the 13th congressional district at the heart of supporting our military. the ndaa revitalizes the pilot training mission at shepherd air force base and accelerates the redhawk program. it provides funding for massive infrastructure improvements in the plant in amarillo and supports helicopter development of the new v-280 aircraft. last, i want to give a special thanks to my defense fellow, nate langley for his outstanding work in my office throughout this year. nate is a rising star in the air force and has an ext

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, this legislation reflects the input of members of congress, of the flying public and stakeholders to the tune of over 2,000 unique submission that is we processed, put together, and ultimately yield a bill in section excess of 840 pages. a result of hundreds of meetings, dozens of hearings, dating back years and most importantly , mr. chairman, this legislation passed the house transportation and infrastructure committee with the unanimous bipartisan support. this legislation takes important steps in ensuring that we have continuity and consistency within the f.a.a. it makes fundamental organizational changes, taking a 1970's organization and updating it for today. it establishes the assistant -- deputy administrator for safety and operations. the assistant administrator for rulemaking and regulatory improvement. it establishes an office of innovation in f.a.a. on important changes in the organizational structure of this antiquated and slow moving agency. mr. chairman, this l

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, this legislation reflects the input of members of congress, of the flying public and stakeholders to the tune of over 2,000 unique submission that is we processed, put together, and ultimately yield a bill in section excess of 840 pages. a result of hundreds of meetings, dozens of hearings, dating back years and most importantly , mr. chairman, this legislation passed the house transportation and infrastructure committee with the unanimous bipartisan support. this legislation takes important steps in ensuring that we have continuity and consistency within the f.a.a. it makes fundamental organizational changes, taking a 1970's organization and updating it for today. it establishes the assistant -- deputy administrator for safety and operations. the assistant administrator for rulemaking and regulatory improvement. it establishes an office of innovation in f.a.a. on important changes in the organizational structure of this antiquated and slow moving agency. mr. chairman, this l

mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, a fierce advocate for our communities' veterans and a member of the appropriations committee, congresswoman lois frankel. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. frankel: thank you, mr. chair. thank you, madam representative. well, my, my, my. here we go again. the republican attacks on access to legal abortion never ends. and today, the target, women veterans. women who left their loved ones, trained hard, sometimes risked their lives to stand up for our freedom and now it is time to stand up for theirs. all women should have the freedom to make their own personal decision about when or whether to start or grow a family. and this bill would undermine the current biden policy that allows veteran medical centers to provide an abortion when the life or the health of the pregnant veteran is in danger. republicans are willing to force women to wait until they are on death's door to receive the health care that they

mr. chairman, and i yield back. mr. grothman: first of all, without objection, representative nick langworthy of new york is waived on the subcommittee for the purpose of asking questions. and then we'll go to mr. burr lisson. mr. burleson: i appreciate you guys coming out today testifying. look, i've been here for six months and i'm skeptical. i don't trust anything in this town. and so -- and i think that's because i'm from missouri. you got to show me, right? with that being said, there's a lot of things being said in the public, mr. grusch, and so i want to get down to, if we can, to some specifics, right? so at one point you said there has been harmful activity or progressive activity. has any of the activity been aggressive, been hostile, in your reports? mr. grusch: i know of multiple colleagues of mine that got physically injured. and the activity -- mr. burlison: by u.a.p.'s or by people within the federal government? mr. grusch: both. mr. burlison: so there's been activity by alien or nonhuman technology and/o

mr. chairman. i'd like to start by yielding two minutes to the gentleman from new york and ranking member of our foreign affairs committee, mr. meeks. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong opposition to this amendment. this is a poorly conceived and ill-intentioned attempt to kill the united states' support for the defense innovation accelerateor of the north atlantic program, otherwise known as diana, which is a cooperative effort to outsmart and out-innovate our adversaries. the diana program was set up by nato as an effort to spur increased defense research and development funding to rapidly adapt to a new era of strategic competition by bringing key defensive experts together with the nato alliances -- alliance's leading entrepreneurs and academic researchers. the diana initiative is specifically designed to leverage breaking developments and critical advances in next generation defense capabilities such as artificial intelligence, quantum co

mr. chairman. you talked about congress should take extreme action. let me tell you what was in the last omnibus package that we passed in 2023. we provided $17 billion for customs and border protection including an increase in spending a 17% over the previous years. it allowed for hiring, operations along the southwest border. we also provided funding for 19,855 border patrol agents, an increase of over 308, the most since 2011. we also appropriated $60 million more per for 125 customs and border protection offices and support staff. i'd also tell you that a single republican on the committee voted for it. it was passed only by democrats. we are the ones who are trying to provide resources to the good men and women along the border to address this. every time an opportunity presents itself for resources on the border democrats are the ones who vote for them. you can talk to but when it comes to being a member of congress you need to vote your convictions. if you don't give the men and women that mo

mr. chairman. .. thank you. thanks to chairman smith and thank you, chairman lahood and ranking member davis, members of the committee. i'm honored to serve in the gubernatorial appointive position as director of hartman street department the position of the missouri department of social system services on behalf ofse our 5700 hard-working team members in the over 2 million missourians our e department stores everyday. we appreciate the opportunity. missouri is fortunate to have an unemployment rate of 2.5%. among the lowest of any state. however we have experienced a steady declineec and our labor force participation rate since the 1990s. while we rank above the national average, our current rate as of may of this year, is 63.4%. which is the lowest during any non- coveted pandemic month since 1985. like most estates missouri's population is aging with more and more citizens approaching retirement. especially in rural communities and inter- cities are population is not growing. discrete laborforce challenges in

mr. chairman. in closing, i just have one question to ask. what about us scares you? my grandfather, my father-in-law, my brother, they all fought and risked their lives for this country. yet the sacrifices made by so many who feel marginalized, our communities of color, pale in comparison to the hate obsession with d.e.i. first and foremost, we just heard that if under a strong administration like the trump administration you would not have this. however d.e.i.'s not new. in 2020 the trump administration established a defense board on diversity and inclusion to ensure equitable opportunity across all ranks. if you want to be more like china, if you want to be more like russia, keep this up. i don't want to be like them. d.e.i. is necessary. i oppose this resolution. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. tokuda: thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: all time for debate hasek pired -- has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south ca

mr. chairman. i ask to enter an article. figures have long placed replacement by immigration into mainstream how it's inspired domestic terrorism and document that the buffalo mass shooting, shooting cited by ms. vaughan's research is justifying his domestic terror attack. mr. speaker, mr. chairman, this hearing is unfortunately a sham. it's a dangerous national platform that risks legitimizing the extremist idea terrorist latch on when carry out attacks on the homeland. and this committee, all of us, should frown on that. so i'd like to enter this into record so everyone can have an opportunity to read it, sir. >> without objection, so ordered. >> most migrants coming to our border have no other legal pathway to the u.s. for citizenship and are seeking asylum here because they have no other legal pathway, which is illegal, right, however, our system was not set up for this kind of volume that we're experiencing and it is absolutely unsustainable, i think we all agree. dr. brown, as director of init

mr. chairman. i yield myself four minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i really want to agree with chairman rogers, this is a very strong, bipartisan bill, and it reflects the process we go through every year in passing the national defense authorizing act. we had a great markup in committee. it, too, was a bipartisan process. we considered, gosh, probably 1,000 different amendments and ideas. we had very good debates . we came out with a good bipartisan product. chairman rogers has done an outstanding job of being incl inclusive. i also wrant to thank the staff. members sort of throw the ideas out there. the staff are the ones that have to sort through them, turn them into amendments, negotiate to try to get it done. we are blessed with an outstanding staff on the armed services committee. very much appreciate their support. just want to start by really emphasizing one of the last points that chairman rogers made on accountability and efficiency within the military. the department of defense is a very large bureaucracy. we will never completely el

mr. chairman. in closing, i just have one question to ask. what about us scares you? my grandfather, my father-in-law, my brother, they all fought and risked their lives for this country. yet the sacrifices made by so many who feel marginalized, our communities of color, pale in comparison to the hate obsession with d.e.i. first and foremost, we just heard that if under a strong administration like the trump administration you would not have this. however d.e.i.'s not new. in 2020 the trump administration established a defense board on diversity and inclusion to ensure equitable opportunity across all ranks. if you want to be more like china, if you want to be more like russia, keep this up. i don't want to be like them. d.e.i. is necessary. i oppose this resolution. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. tokuda: thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: all time for debate hasek pired -- has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from south ca

mr. chairman. i yield back. >> thank the gentlelady. now recognize mr. kelly for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the current administration continues to tout importance of increasing meat and poultry process capacity across the nation. however, their policies on line tells another story. mr. brown, if all of the poultry processing plants currently operating at higher speeds under waivers were suddenly forced to shut down their operations, what effect would it have onslaughter capacity, the supply chain and the food security? mr. duval, i'd like you to answer also. >> thank you, congressman. it would have an extraordinary impact on our industry. take out over 30% of production. today when you visit the meat case, the low cost protein and the most purchased protein is chicken. take 30% out of production, you come up with government regulations like this, some people pay twice. the taxpayer's going to pay for expand government, and the same taxpayer in the grocery store is going to pay more f

mr. chairman. like many folks have said and i will say for myself i do not support endless wars. no we send in troops we need to ensure that we know how were going to get them back out, home with their family spread many republican colleagues and democrats for a while have agreed the one in afghanistan needed to end for just a few years ago donald trump was present public and congress were raving about the need for a speedy withdrawal. my republican colleague mr. biggs publicly called for an immediate withdrawal from afghanistan. chairman cromer bracey trump agreement which was riddled with concessions when the release of 5000 taliban members and the agreement president trump made that a deadline to withdrawal that i would say even worse generally 15 at time of transition a few days before president biden was sworn in for it now the president biden have the courage to do what president trump couldn't which was saying no to the endless war. now we have this political outrage for the reality of war,

mr. chairman. i went to asked mr. sigler at one point you wanted to move the investigation to the district of columbia is that correct? works in the very onset of the investigation yes. >> what a joint to move it to d.c.? >> wein were there two different scenarios d.c. is involved. we start initiating the investigation on referred prosecution which time period? >> as far as the venue for the tax case we saw we did our analysis that was either in california or d.c. i guess at the time of theth beginning it was d.c. that restart our investigation was in d.c. >> you were told attorney weiss could bring charges is that your understanding? >> fast forward to march 2022. i had a phone call with the prosecutors assigned to the case. they set our prosecution report went to low level people at the d.c. u.s. attorney's office the low level people reviewed it said were going to assist you with this, this is were going to do to help you finish the case here in d.c. a fewda days later i get another phone call it

mr. chairman and i yield back. >> i now recognize mr. fume from maryland for five minutes of questions. >> thank you very much, chairman wenstrup. my thanks also to ranking member ruiz and all others who collaborated to make sure that we could have this hearing today. i want to thank the witnesses for their participation. mr. ratcliffe, welcome back. mr. chairman, the covid-19 pandemic has underscored in many ways that the chinese communist party's growing influence is absolutely contrary to america's interests and to america's values. if we as a congress failed to meet this moment i fear that we will undermine for side two, our ability to respond to the next public health crisis and to protect american interests, both at home and abroad. we've got a long road ahead of us. however, in the last two years congressional democrats as aa majority party during that time working with president biden did lay the groundwork to make sure that we take decisive action necessary to safeguard and to advance our health, our geopolitical, and our economi

mr. chairman, that -- i want to ask mr. zeigler, at one point you wanted to move the investigation to the district of columbia. is that correct? >> from the very on set of the investigation, yes. >> why did you want to move it to d.c.? >> we referred -- there's two different scenarios where d.c. is involved. when we first start initiated the investigation and then when we referred prosecution. so which time period? so as far as venue for the tax case, venue for this case, we saw that when we did our analysis, venue was either in california or d.c. i guess at the time in the beginning, it was d.c. so we -- that is where we wanted to start our investigation, was in d.c. >> you were told that attorney weiss could bring charges anywhere. is that your understanding? >> so that -- fast forward to march of 2022. i had a phone call with the prosecutors a signed to the case. they side our prosecution report went to low level people at the d.c. u.s. attorney's office. those people reviewed it and said we're going to assist you, here'

mr. chairman. it would not be difficult, i think to sit here and pick apart this legislation. and i think my democratic colleagues know that. there is not a dummy among them. there's not a dummy on this judiciary committee. but you do not have to be oliver wendell's glia to figure out this legislation is meant to be a court killing machine. for example, it would allow any out there and america in a tinfoil hat whose own dog thanks he is at nutter, to file a motion to recuse the united states supreme courtcu justice. what could possibly go wrong? what should could possibly go wrong?g? and my democratic colleagues know that. i am not going to go too far down that road. number two, this bill is dangerous but it is unserious. and i think my colleagues, some of them know that and they are trying to make a point. one of the reasons i am proud to be a senator this because i believe every person in this body, democrat and republican that loves this country and loves our institutions. and wants to protect t

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, we are, once again, far afield from the work this committee should be doing. the department of homeland security was born in the wake of the september 11th attacks and exists to protect our nation from new and emerging threats. that work is serious business. in years past, under the leadership of chairmen of both parties, we took our responsibilities seriously. to be sure, some of the questions we posed in those past hearings were tough. the debate is often heated when we discuss important topics like immigration and the security of the nation. but our work on both sides of the aisle was grounded in a good faith effort to advance the mission of the department, and to keep our country safe. how times have changed. a few weeks ago, desperate for votes on the debt ceiling deal, speaker mccarthy promised the extreme maga wing of his party that they could pursue the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. as representative marjorie taylor green put it, if she was going to vote for the

mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, a fierce advocate for our communities' veterans and a member of the appropriations committee, congresswoman lois frankel. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. frankel: thank you, mr. chair. thank you, madam representative. well, my, my, my. here we go again. the republican attacks on access to legal abortion never ends. and today, the target, women veterans. women who left their loved ones, trained hard, sometimes risked their lives to stand up for our freedom and now it is time to stand up for theirs. all women should have the freedom to make their own personal decision about when or whether to start or grow a family. and this bill would undermine the current biden policy that allows veteran medical centers to provide an abortion when the life or the health of the pregnant veteran is in danger. republicans are willing to force women to wait until they are on death's door to receive the health care that they

mr. chairman. welcome, mr. secretary. unaccompanied children seeking refuge in the us are some of the most vulnerable among us. they often cross the border alone, escaping persecution, violence and abuse. the experience would be frightening and confusing for anyone let alone a child who may not speak english. so we have a moral and legal obligation to ensure that unaccompanied children are safe and cared for. the office of refugee settlement is tasked under the law with the responsibility to keep unaccompanied children well and safe from the time they are transferred from the department of homeland security to the time they are placed with vetted sponsors who are more often than not family members. earlier this year, news reports detailed cases of unaccompanied minors working in harsh conditions in plants and factories. the reports were shocking and deeply disturbing. businesses are exploiting children as a source of cheap labor and preying on their financial desperation. this type of child exploitation must not be tolera

mr. chairman. i represent a part of the state of new york and family farms remain in the largest industry but also where we continue to feel the pressure of outmigration from met robin lou pollation areas and putting pressure on the subdivision and higher cost of land and also of course i serve and represent new york state, which i think california might give us a run for our money but to still perhaps with the most overregulated states in america. if you likely know new york began its transition to a 40 hour worker and area farm and farmers across new york and going under inflation, high cost of doing business. i know this is a state issue, but obviously has major impact on farming and agriculture. about access to work force. what the threshold lowering would do to family farms and potentially hurt farms in new york state and the benefit of other states if you have an observation there. >> sure, when you talk about overtime with farm workers, it's a different conversation then it would in most pro

mr. chairman thank you general brown. me first mention the statutory requirement that you and i have discussed before, 10 usc 153 requires the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to complete a chairman's risk assessment of the national military strategy each year. now we have had a problem with this in the past. and eight frustration from congress and not receiving the cra. even the national military strategy itself last time was unacceptably late. if confirmed, i need your commitment to carrying out the statutes governing the relationship between the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the congress including said medically chairman's risk assessment on time. can i get your assurance that you will do this general brown? >> ranking member comments we discussed sir i assure you i will do my best to make sure we get those documents to you on time because it is important to allow you in the congress to do the things you require in order to provide the budget for usvi n the authorization to execute the. >> absolutes of

mr. chairman, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina, mr. fry. mr. fry: this is incredible. we finally, we've been fighting all week on the floor on the ndaa and in this -- in this committee it's always a nice fight, it seems like. but in today's hearing we have really unanimous support for fixing this process or letting it expire. but there's a recognition across the entire country that this needs to be fixed. you know, what's perplexing to me, we just had director wray some in, professor turley, you alluded to that earlier, who if you asked agencies, all is well in the land of oz. and this is really not the case. we know that the f.b.i., and other agency, have abused fisa to the nth degree. they continually spy on americans without a warrant. we know they end around and use data collection and geo tagging and geo location to lock at activities of americans. and at the end of the day i look back and professor, you cited the federalist papers. we're a nation of laws. we're not some orwellian distaupea where these thing -- distaupea where these -- dys

mr. chairman and mr. ware, thank you. nk you for being here today but appreciate your hard work and the integrity of that work. got a quick question for you here with regards to the chairman talked a little a minute ago that the $100,000 level of sba not going after those folks underneath that. are you going after that at all? are you identifying those folks yourself? >> yes. no, if they show up as a fraudulent actor u for office ty go through the same triage process as anything else in terms of our prioritization strategy. >> okay. they say didn't have internetmr cost effective to do the stick didn't have the manpower to do this. is it any thought to maybe hinges over to a collection agency? >> i would have to yield to the sba on this. our position audit in the ppp report on the same matter and coming with the eidl report is they have not done a sufficient study to determine whether or not it'sore auf cost-effective. >> well okay. so we need to go back to sba mss not here today to be able to ask that question. if you don'

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> mr. frost. >> thank you, mr. airman in 2022, nasa announced it was commissioned s commissioned an independent study team to examine uaps and nasa team is comprised of sites across different fields as well as former astronauts and pilots here in may the independent study team held that its first public meeting which included the perspectives from nasa senior leaders as well as perspectives from the department of defense and intelligence agencies, with the nasa study team is also expected to release its first report pretty soon and i think it's safe to say out legally await its results. mr. graves, how might nasa's research influence of the commercial industry regarding safety in uap? >> mass has a big role to play as far as commercial aviation safety and it's one of the original charges as an organization one of the recommendations that help bring forward is to utilize their existing aviation safety reporting system to serve as a short-term filling trusted platform for crimes they want to report on ua peter it has

mr. chairman. to the witnesses, thank you for being here today. want to get right to it as we have a lot to cover. mr. siegler, you are the agent that opened up this investigation. from your transcript, page 17, what it says is is that you were investigating a social media company and through the process of that investigation, you found out paying potentially for prostitutes and a potential prostitution ring, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> evidence he was living lavishly through his corporate bank accounts -- when i say "him," i mean hunter biden, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> question for you and also mr. shapely. is it a clear line of potential investigation if somebody is charging a massive living expenses through a corporate account and not doing that through their own personal accounts, not accounting for that on their tax returns, is that the basis of a criminal investigation? >> generally speaking that would spur a criminal investigation, yes. >> let me ask you this question real quick. there was reference to the whatsapp

mr. chairman. mr. sopko thank you for your service as a special inspector general for the afghan reconstruction and the reports you've offered examining the factors that led to the collapse of the afghan government and security forces per your work is critical also going 40s you're just sitting democrats support the work of all the ig's. we will continue to urge all the agencies to cooperate fully with your efforts. your february 23 report you said there are six key short-term reasons for collapse of the afghan armed forces. the very first when you site was donald trump's decision to negotiate with the taliban for u.s. withdrawal. negotiation exclude the afghan government. then to get the taliban exactly what they wanted which was the commitments of the u.s. to completely withdraw all u.s. and allied forces. as well as all contractors. in april 21 announcement following through on the agreement. you write about how this agreement between the taliban and the trump administration led the taliban to decla

mr. chairman, dear colleagues, what are we talking about?cial products according to the terms of international agreements drawn up by the authorized bodies of ukraine , including rescue ships that are urgently needed and to be built no one will be able to right away. that is, we will not receive them instantly from a domestic manufacturer. and why is the domestic manufacturer a specialty of special tools that will now help everyone whom we understand who they will help , certainly should not be subject to additional taxes, that is, if we do not adopt this law, then it turns out that the state will tax itself, these are commercial supplies, and these are supplies for our state for security and to ensure the work of our rescuers, so i believe that this law must be lifted and everything else as they say from the evil one thank you for your attention dear colleagues, please, mykhailo mykhailovych tsymbalyuk, and after that we will vote , please mykhailo tsymbalyuk homeland dear mr. chairman of the presidency, people's deputies , the homeland fac

mr. chairman. thank you, mr. garcia. i would like to have you on the legislation to do just that on the reporting and we will get together on that. maybe you can be my co-sponsor on that.be thankwo you for those great questions. i would like to know how do you know that these were not our aircraft? >> the behaviors that w we saw e would see these objects and 0.0 that is zero airspeed over certain pieces of the ground so just likee a river if you throwa bottle it's going to flow downstream. they were seen stationary and a category four hurricane windows windsand then accelerate to supersonic speeds and they were to do so in a very erratic behaviors that we don't, i don't have an explanation for. >> have you spoken to commercial land military pilots that have seen theseil off of our east coast? >> i noticed on the tictac video, like the candy, not like the chinese communist app. >> that's correct. >> i just want to make that clear because my daughter corrected me on that and called me a boomer and i said no it's like the c

mr. chairman you can have the next person who yields. collects the gentleman yields back and recognizes the young lady from north carolina. >> that was not done with any ill will. >> i knew that. >> mr. secretary i know it is been a long day, i want you to know that i'm here today to use my five minutes in support of a group of 200 50,000 plus young people in our country who are referred to as the documented dreamers. they are a too often forgotten population of talented adults who are american in every way except on paper. as i am sure you are aware as we have talked about them a few times the documented dreamers are dependent children of long-term employment visa holders who are brought to the united states with documentation when their parents move here to work. often these children come to the united states when they are still babies but because they were not born here they do not have citizenship. or a real path to citizenship before they become 21. while many of these young adults are in line for green cards with their parents the b

mr. chairman. one of the most detrimental regulations impacting the manufactured housing industry has been the proposed energy conservation standard for manufactured homes. this regulation would impose stringent new requirements on the construction of manufactured homes raising costs on one of the few affordable options for consumers especially in rural areas hike nebraska where -- like nebraska where i represent. fortunately, the doe has decided to delay the compliance date for this rule after significant stakeholder feedback. can you speak to the impact this proposed rule would have on the production of manufactured homes? >> yes. thank you for the opportunity. the rules would -- we've got processes under the hud code where every, every plan for a house is engineered and approved. the rules would cause us to basically have to redesign every floor plan because of costs that are add added in the weight of the house, the thickness of walls, the elevation of the roofs, number of windows that could be

mr. chairman? >> mr. carter you're recognized. >> shouldn't our role would be to discourage disrespectful behavior do not coach on how to do a more appropriate way? hold on,, hold on. let me be clear here. in previous hearings we have that individuals attack individuals on my side of the aisle. hold on. you cannot address your comments to an individual about an individual. you can say secretary mayorkas lights but you can't say secretary mayorkas is a. i know it's a subtle difference with the rules of the house are very clear on that. so the point is you cannot direct anything other than to the chair, that's the rule and that the rule we will keep. >> and to reserve the corpsman respect were rather we agree to disagree no member republican democrat or other no member of the committee should disrespect a member of -- as a witness and the witness a second ago was a direct attack. i'd like to go a step further if i may. >> if we are going to entertain a debate on the city to be two-sided. if we are going to

mr. chairman. our nations energy grid is article infrastructure that we rely on it every day in every aspect of our lives but we depend on the production of transmission delivery of electricity we expect every time we flipped the switch to our lights will turn on will cool or heat our homes including during extreme weather events. today the subcommittee is examining electric energy infrastructure the climate crisis is created unprecedented challenges and risks that threaten our grid's integrity. extreme weather events are happening more frequently in regions that are not necessarily prepared for them for it earlier this month we expense the hottest week in recorded history for the number of days each year explains extreme heat have risen dramatically in the past few years they projected to continue rising winter storms have become more extreme and unpredictable i have knocked that powers forte millions are dangerously cold times. assume a higher low temperature significant strainer energy grid by in