I want to acknowledge the work of Senator Durbin and the Ranking Member Cochran on Defense.
We need to make sure that the American people know what our programs are, know what we are spending our money for.
We need to make sure we spend the money well.
We need to prevent hackers, nation-states, and criminals from stealing our cyber identities.
I do not want ever to have a grid shut down here in the Greater Capital Region or anywhere in the United States.
We have Senator Leahy from the Judiciary Committee, well versed on the issues of law on cybersecurity.
Any Senator can ask any question at this hearing that they want to.
I am concerned every day about the number of people out there, with the great intellectual entrepreneurship of our count...
It is time now for a new, fresh national debate.
We in Maryland feel we are at the epicenter of cybersecurity because we have the National Security headquartered there.
I have been urging my colleagues that before they draw a conclusion and go public with that conclusion, they first learn...
There is no attempt here to muzzle, stifle any Senator from asking any line of questions.
We could have no greater champion than Senator Mikulski and we thank her--and you--for the bipartisan support this commi...
we thank her.
We do not want that to happen as we move forward in this cyber domain.
I think the intel community, which is primarily particularly a DOD civilian force--you need that flexibility.
where is the justice, or is it just us?
we in Congress have a lot of motion, commotion, emotion and no results.
