That's why this subcommittee and this partnership is so important to the security of the Nation.

I was the commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and seeing our cybersecurity spending go up and up each and every year because of the importance of our infrastructure.

The word 'easy' does not appear in the National Cybersecurity Strategy.

When you say supply chain and making sure you go through all the levels of the supply chain to make sure all the different component pieces are secure-by-design, secure-by-default.

I again just want to express my appreciation for you holding this hearing today.

That's a challenging thing.

For months the other side has held our economy hostage. Today, we have their ransom demands. This rip-off kills millions of jobs, guts working family benefits, and sabotages tax fairness. Now, I have listened today, and many times both…

Your predecessor shielded Donald Trump's tax returns for years.

I believe there has been a sabotage of the IRS over the last years.

We are ensuring working families face big audits while the rich get scot free.

Climate change is fueling record floods around the world from Pakistan to Nigeria and extreme droughts in Brazil and Central Asia.

I will be reintroducing my bipartisan NFIP Re Act, and I appreciate the Chairman is going to be having a hearing on flood insurance, which is critically important.

That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

FEMA has long struggled to keep premiums affordable, but it appears that the NFIP's new rating methodology, called Risk Rating 2.0, has only made flood insurance more out of reach for working and middle-class families.

That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

I will be reintroducing my bipartisan NFIP Re Act, and I appreciate the Chairman is going to be having a hearing on flood insurance, which is critically important.

That is why I introduced a discussion draft for today's hearing, Mr. Chairman that would modernize FHA's ability to finance multifamily housing construction around the country.

It means that they do not have the infrastructure they need to prevent or mitigate the effects of flooding, and then when flooding occurs, often the resources are diverted to other communities.