This IT security directive is designed to assist VA in mitigating known weaknesses.

I know the good work that they do. I know the innovation that they bring to the portfolio.

My concern is because there was a Rapid Innovation Award for this technology awarded to, frankly, a single technology company, being able to sustain that technology investment going forward.

I would ask for your consideration of that, as well as the continued investment in medical research that uniquely comes through this committee.

I think continued investment, robust investment in SOCOM S&T is critical to that.

My request to the committee today, though, is that the Rapid Innovation Award money that was awarded in the last 18 months actually was awarded to transition this technology to LCS.

VA's network has been compromised at least ten times since March, 2010.

Yeah, just wanted the record straight. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before I start, you were quoting a European nation telling us how to behave?

I am not interested in wrecking American business. But we got to be the country we are because we said early on, before many countries said it, the air you breathe should be cleaner than it is, the water you drink should be cleaner than it…

Are we getting any closer to the kill switch on smart phones?

The Federal Communications Commission plays an increasingly important role in our society and in our economy.

Okay. Just checking.

we should not just discard it as just more government oversight or whatever that is bad.

I plan to reintroduce a smartphone theft prevention act in the near future.

I think we have a really unique opportunity in time right now to be able to affect what the rest of the government does and what the rest of the nation does.

We will hear about H.R. 1017, The Veteran Information Security Improvement Act, which was sponsored by the Honorable Jackie Walorski from Indiana.

the ability to afford seeing a doctor, even if you have a card that says you have access, is becoming harder and harder for so many of my constituents.