Honored to Contribute to USCC Hearing—“Part of Your World: U.S.-China Competition Under the Sea”
Hearing on “Part of Your World: U.S.-China Competition Under the Sea“
Monday, March 2, 2026
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Chair Randall Schriver [Opening Statement] and Vice Chair Michael Kuiken [Opening Statement]
9:15 AM – 9:20 AM: Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9:20 AM – 10:25 AM: Panel I: U.S. Navy’s Perspective on Growing Threat to U.S. Undersea Superiority
- Vice Admiral Richard Seif, Commander, Naval Submarine Forces [Testimony]
- Rear Admiral Mike Brookes, Commander, Office of Naval Intelligence [Testimony]
10:25 AM – 10:30 AM: Break
10:30 AM – 11:35 PM: Panel II: China’s Strategy and Growing Undersea Capabilities
- Michael Studeman, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.) [Testimony]
- Michael Horowitz, Director of Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania [Testimony]
11:35 AM – 11:40 AM: Break
11:40 AM – 12:55 PM: Panel III: Undersea Infrastructure and Strategic Resources
- Jason Hsu, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute [Testimony]
- Seaver Wang, Director of Climate and Energy, The Breakthrough Institute [Testimony]
- David Calhoun, Director, Baron [Testimony]
12:55 PM – 1:00 PM: Closing Remarks
1:00 PM: Adjourn
Statement for the Record
- Andrew S. Erickson, Professor, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College [Statement]
Transcript
