“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.”
“Well, considering—and I understand that there is a need, in some cases, to keep certain technologies secret. But you believe that it is posing a threat to our personnel, correct?”
“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?”
“And, Madam Chairwoman, I would posit that, as the legislative body, as the regulatory body, we must know. And anyone who prevents us from gaining access to that information, I would consider that criminality.”
“And I will say this. It is clear from my experience and what I have seen that there is something out there. The question is, is it ours, is it someone else's, or is it otherworldly?”
“I do have questions, what role might the Department of Energy or its subsidiaries or affiliates have in this type of technology or possessing this type of technology, whether it' is ours or others?”