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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbegf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA'S HIGH ALTITUDE SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:15 a.m. in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jon Tester (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Tester, Murray, Schatz, Baldwin, Collins, Mur- kowski, Moran, and Hoeven. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JON TESTER Senator TESTER. I want thank you all for being here today for this very important briefing. Before we get started, I want to wel- come Susan Collins. Senator, thank you for being here, I look forward to working with you. As the Vice Chair of this Committee, we have had a long working relationship, and we expect to do good things together. Senator COLLINS. Thank you. Senator TESTER. Before we get into this briefing, I want to start by setting the tone for what I hope can continue for the next 2 years. As I travel across my State every year, and meet with Mon- tanans face-to-face, it doesn't matter if you are from a rural town, like the one I live in, or a college town, I always hear one thing, and that is: Why is Congress so divided? Last week was a sober reminder of just how petty and divided our politics have become. Make no mistake about it, what China did last week was com- pletely unacceptable and a real threat to American sovereignty, and it deserves a real response from a United America. I was very discouraged by some of the responses from elected of- ficials in the House and the Senate, decided this was a great oppor- tunity to score some cheap political points and get attention on so- cial media. China is a real threat and one we need to take seriously, which is exactly why we are here today. Senator Collins and I were in touch throughout the day last week when the news broke, we listened to each other, and we agreed, we need to take swift action to make sure China's reckless actions received real attention, not political talking points. We are holding this briefing today because American public de- serves to hear from the Department of Defense, not play politics (1)

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