I urge you to once again attempt to move your leadership to assure that a meaningful cybersecurity bill can come to the House floor in the face of the risk of retaliation from the SEA.

I'm not a fan of government mandates, and neither are my constituents in Mississippi. There is one mandate that the people of Mississippi sent me to Washington with: to repeal, replace, dismantle, delay, and defund ObamaCare. I've heard…

I am very pleased to be able to join my colleagues in wishing Dave Schiappa well in his next adventure in life, and I know he will be successful and also build upon his knowledge and experience here in the Senate. I know his contributions…

I believe that with a lot of work and a lot of smart people in the CFATS program, we can do better.

Unfortunately, the West facility explosion undermines that sense of confidence.

As the scale of death and destruction has come into focus, Americans have been forced to ask themselves some very tough questions.

There needs to be a sense of urgency on this issue at all levels.

Had that information sharing occurred in West, Texas, some of the death and property damage could have been mitigated.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I thank our witnesses for their expected testimony.

Hopefully, this renewed focus will yield meaningful results.

We are extremely pleased to see that the President's Executive Order on chemical facility security has been issued.

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, multiple layers of security were put in place to protect our aviation system from terrorists and those who seek to do us harm.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. At the outset, I would also remind you that the Democratic Caucus is meeting and the President of the United States is speaking with them at the exact time that we are holding this hearing.

It is the fourth of the hearings on the state of communications.

It may take more effort to pronounce those diphthongs; but not for Roger Wicker and Mark Pryor.

We should focus on empowering individual consumers, entrepreneurs, and innovators.

We like the fact that essentially, whether unintentionally or otherwise, the 1996 Act left broadband technologies out of the regulatory scheme of the FCC.

As Congress looks at this issue and as the FCC looks at this issue, what do you say to that?