National Defense

“A lot of innovation comes out of those areas. A lot of new technologies, a lot of, if you will, disruptive technologies that we use for our national defense originates out of those locations, and advanced concepts and physics as well.”

“Well, I mean, and to your point, I think we have seen over the decades that we have certain adversaries, like China, like Russia, that, technologically speaking, are not as advanced as us, that they lack some of the lethality that we have, and that we have seen that they have gone after our technologies and in some cases succeeded, in particular with missile technology.”

“And so, again, my concern: Whether this technology emanates from us or otherworldly, that we know that we possess it. And where is the accountability? Where are the stopgaps? What are the guarantees that if this were to fall in enemy hands that it is not immediately weaponized against us?”

“Because we have U.S. personnel who may very well be in harm's way, we have technology that ultimately may threaten our very existence.”