mr. bera of california is now recognized. mr. bera: thank you, madam chairwoman, and the ranking member. obviously, this is a hugely important issue for us in california. if i think about why i left the state of california, from hiking in the back country as a boy scout hiking the sierra nevadas, etc., kofrpg out there, it is now scarred by forest fires. i will ask a series of questions and i ask the witness to keep their answers short so i can get through a number of these. i want to make sure i understand on the fencing side, i heard a number of the witnesses talk about how we just haven't allocated the satellite necessary. we have infrared sensing devices. we have the ability to put satellites in space so they're constantly monitoring the area 24/7. we have ground capabilities to surveil these areas. it's not a technology issue. it's a resource allocation issue, if i get that correct. and is that an accurate sense? >> yeah. we can use cal fire as an example. cal fire adopted the latest science and software package available and

mr. bera: great. thank you, again. mr. meeks: the gentleman's time has expired. i now recognize representative darrell issa of california for five minutes. mr. issa: thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador, as we speak, unifel is dealing in probably its fifth year in discovering there are active tunnels leading from hezbollah areas in the south of lebanon into the -- and over the border of israel. these tunnels have been used historically. in 2006 it became a mandate they be inspected and of course eliminated. there have been no inspections since 2018. what will you be doing to ensure that the united nations asserts its authority that was granted in 2006 at the end of the last conflict? ms. thomas-greenfield: we work very closely with the u.n. to ensure we hold them accountable for their mandate responsibilities and on unifel, we have been working with the u.n. to encourage them to, again, be very diligent and work to find where these tunnels are and to deal with them. i will, again, raise that with the u.n. as we move forward on this, but we do know that unifel does

>> as the member designated by mr. bera, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. bera will vote aye on h.res. 486. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: as the member designated by mr. pappas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. pappas will vote yes on h.res. 486. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california sook recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h.res. 486. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on agreement to the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? mr. cole: mr. speak

mr. ami bera spoke about what your plans are to engage with the unfpa, and hyde had the opportunity to ask a similar question of secretary blinken last week. and disappointed to see the united kingdom is proposed drastic cuts to their unfpa funding, and i asked secretary blinken would he be engaging with others, and he assured me he would on this issue. i was wondering how is the u.s. ambassador to the un engaging with un fbi and other donors to address that strain that will be placed on unfpa's ability to provide lifesaving assistance as a consequence of the case decision? >> i absolutely will engage with other member states and donors to see how they can support the unfpa, when our funding was withdrawn and a number of countries came behind to provide support, we all know the unfpa, that their work is essential to addressing what our interests of the u.s. preventable, and responded to gender based violence, and practices around the world. so, we think it's absolutely critical that we continue to support those efforts, and i am looking forward to engaging with other countries to see where