I have a bill that reduces debt to be reported on your credit report from 7 years down to 4 years.

This ain`t the time to create drama in people`s lives. We`re in the middle of a pandemic.

Failure is not an option. We have got to get this figured out.

I think it`s very important. I think it`s important that the President engage with House members.

We need both bills. I want to be very clear on that.

For many of our residents, the images of the United States Customs and Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black Haitian immigrants at the border were triggering. It was traumatic. It was a reminder of our country's ugly history…

Madam President, for more than 100 years, scientists have shown that burning fossil fuels creates carbon pollution that heats up and builds up in our atmosphere. It just doesn't go away. It just keeps building up more and more and more…

We have to stay vigilant against these breaches and ransomware attacks, and effectively addressing these is going to require strong coordination between our offices and work in a bipartisan way.

Now, when done correctly, this is important, when done properly, aquaculture can create a high-quality food source that's abundant and affordable.

I look forward to the dialog and it is great to have people in place who are now in charge of our cybersecurity system at the Federal Government level.

In August, just last month, Chairman Peters and I released a report detailing the significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities of eight key Federal agencies.

I have introduced legislation to ban harmful aquaculture practices in both the Great Lakes and in federally designated wild and scenic rivers.

Thank you very much, Chairwoman Sherrill, for hosting this hearing, and, Dr. Spinrad, thank you so much for your presence and your testimony.

I look forward to continuing my work with Ranking Member Portman to introduce bills that will strengthen the cyber incident and ransom payment reporting requirements for key public and private sector entities.

This report follows a 2019 report I released with Senator Carper as Chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), evaluating the same eight agencies.

However, and importantly, when done improperly, it can do much more harm than good.

One important part of that, in my view, is accountability, and I hope to have a conversation about the appropriate roles and responsibilities for the many different cybersecurity positions within the Federal Government.

The lakes outline our boundaries, they define who we are as a state, and we have 10,000 miles of Great Lake shoreline in this region.