The gravity of this matter demands more; it demands that the committee launch a bipartisan investigation.

We would welcome the opportunity to work on a bipartisan basis to make our Nation's schools more secure to terrorism, active shootings, and other threats.

Looking toward the future, we must be able to put politics aside for the good of the country and work together to protect against efforts to undermine our cherished democratic institutions.

It is important to note for the record that committee Democrats have been requesting official oversight activities on election security since before the 2016 election.

Unfortunately, due to it being in an unclassified setting, it is not possible for this last-minute briefing scheduled by House Republicans on election security to be able to go into the detail necessary to properly educate Members of…

Securing our elections is part and parcel to securing our Democracy.

Have any of you looked at my Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act, which expands scholarships for students pursuing degrees in this area?

H.R. 5011, the Election Security Act, currently has over 100 cosponsors, all Democrats.

It seems that South Dakota and Florida have very excellent leadership.

Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and targeting of voting infrastructure in at least 21 States was a direct attack on our democracy.

I share the view that any foreign government interference in our elections is unacceptable and should not go unpunished.

You are responsible for building private-sector confidence in DHS information-sharing programs like Automated Indicator Sharing after President Trump toyed with the idea of planting an absurd story to discredit its own--for its own…

Who wants to talk about training smart young people to move into the field of discovering this sort of thing, the need for a larger cybersecurity workforce?

Well, I think it is worth mentioning, also, in response to Senator Markey's statement and question, that there is proposed in the Trump program a carve out for rural areas that just can't afford to do this.

Why are we wasting time discussing school violence when the Federal Commission on School Safety will not engage on the common factor in every catastrophic school shooting?

I hope we can continue to work together to ensure that our committee will see this issue as a homeland security priority.

Congress needs to do its part to protect children in schools, which includes making sure there are adequate resources for communities to combat school violence and enacting common-sense gun safety legislation.

The Department is in the process of finalizing funding allocations.