The Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight is responsible for examining emerging national security threats and federal preparedness to respond to those threats, including terrorism, disruptive technologies, climate change, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive attacks. The Subcommittee is also responsible for improving threat prevention coordination between the federal government and state, local, Tribal and territorial governments. The Subcommittee also plays an important role in preventing waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.