I think what's going on is accurately characterized as atrocious and genocide.

first, let me thank my good friend and the leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Chairman Warner, for paving the way for this legislation. He cares deeply about our country's response to these terrible cyber attacks and intrusions…

I have seen that time and time again in talking with friends who are struggling or have children who are struggling.

The Veterans Administration has been using telemedicine to reach out to veterans in rural areas who are struggling with substance abuse disorders or other behavioral health challenges.

Thank you very much for the work that all of you were doing and for helping us shed some light on this serious crisis.

I am going to submit a question for the record to you about the increase in suicides in rural America.

I think our goal is to try to create a society in which our people live long, healthy, happy, and productive lives.

I want to express my deep appreciation to all of our witnesses today.

I think that is really important.

Clearly, I think we have got to focus on issues as to why we are behind many other countries.

This is an extraordinarily important hearing that you are holding today, and I appreciate your convening it.

I believe that the next Pearl Harbor, the next 9/11, will be cyber.

We are the most wired country in the world; that is good. But we are also the most vulnerable country in the world.

Eighty-five percent of the targets in cyber space are in the private sector.

I always talked about it with Tom Cotton, King Cotton.

This is a potential nightmare, but it is one that we can wake up from if indeed we wake up.

We have to reimagine conflict.

We've all thought of conflict over a thousand years as armies against armies, navies against navies. But now with the advent of cyber warfare, the private sector is the front line.