I fear that months, weeks, years from now, there is going to be a cyber disaster, and we are all going to look back and say, 'Gee, if only we had done something.' Now is the chance to do it.

This Act is bipartisan. Senator Collins, Senator McCain, Senator Warner, this is something that is absolutely critical.

Cyber is the number one threat to the U.S. Transportation Command, but I believe it is the number one threat to the Nation.

cybersecurity is something that is not a passing fancy.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 32, line 23, after the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to thank the ranking member for his work on this Defense Appropriations bill as well as Congresswoman Granger. In particular, I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Courtney, for his tireless work…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $50,000,000) (increased by $50,000,000)''…

I thank the gentlewoman for her support and her work, along with Ranking Member Visclosky's work on the Defense Appropriations bill, and in particular their support of the Assurance Cyber Scholarship. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of…

I spoke a little bit earlier on the cyber scholarship program, so I reserve the balance of my time.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Lipinski The Acting CHAIR…

I would remind my colleagues this is a bipartisan amendment. I encourage my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I appreciate the gentleman's input, but I will remind the gentleman that significant progress has been made on directed energy as well. And although the gentleman raises the point that there are additional funds for directed energy and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $33,000,000)''. Page 31, line 18, after the…

as I rise for my 209th ``Time to Wake Up'' climate change speech, I return to a familiar subject: disgraced Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. Not that long ago, I was here discussing the baker's dozen of ethical…

I think one can generally divide the pharmaceutical market into three categories.

My concern is that you get these companies that come in that buy up a drug manufacturer, add no value, invest in no research, but simply crank up the price for speculative purposes.

This is important to us.

I think in the area of de facto monopoly, it would be hard to identify an agency of government that actually has responsibility in that area.