But the fact of the matter is, this was first made public and declassified in 2004, and we had a congressional commission on that, and then we had another commission on 2008. And The dangers posed by EMP and GMD have been well known, really, for decades, but made public now for over 10 years, and we literally have not done anything. So the purpose of this hearing is to basically stop, Pull our hat out of the sand, you know, stop and start paying attention to this very real threat. (01:19–01:33)
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