Mike Rogers

I have two more speakers who aren't here yet. So I reserve the balance of my time.

I would be thrilled if, in fact, we had the jurisdictional reach that you described earlier, but I respectfully disagree that we have any jurisdiction whatsoever over the topic of today's hearing.

COVID-19 is an unprecedented global pandemic that requires an unprecedented response.

I am glad we are finally meeting in person.

I hope, at some point, we can get off the political messaging game and work together to fix the immigration loophole.

If the Majority requested and shared human tissue samples of a deceased child just to advance political narrative, it would mark an appalling new low for this committee.

I am also alarmed by the autopsy information the Majority requested. I don't see any legitimate reason why this committee, or any committee of Congress, would need human tissue samples from a deceased 8-year-old boy.

It is very disappointing to partner with you on things like this, just have them turn out to be partisan in less than a week before the hearing.

If we want productive hearings, I would suggest to the Majority that we find time to hear from him in the next 2 weeks when we are in the District of Columbia.

Further, getting to the bottom of those 2 deaths is something that this committee has worked together on.

It means that we must fix immigration loopholes. We must provide real and adequate resources to both CBP and ICE. We must not encourage illegal immigration to our border.

I am, too, saddened by the loss of Felipe and Jakelin. Both children and a teenager died while in the custody of CBP, or shortly after entering custody, which is totally unacceptable.

Unfortunately, that bill was, at best, a stopgap measure.

I think what that strategy was meant to do in 2018 for sure was bring us to a better place about coordination and understanding that our adversaries are using all the nation-state power they can bring to bear.

The nature of espionage is changing dramatically.

It needs to say, 'Department X, you haven't performed.'

If everybody in this bureaucracy gets to say no and everybody gets to sign off, we lose.

Kim Jong Un, who said the thing that's going to keep me in charge are nuclear weapons and cybersecurity, offensive cybersecurity.

The idea that any President--Democrat, Republican, Trump or otherwise--would be willing to give up a significant portion of authority I think is going to be a challenge.

It is something that I think we absolutely have to pay attention to.

What they're trying to do is create chaos. They don't care. They don't like Democrat Americans any more than they like Republican Americans.

When you pay it, guess what? More people are deciding they want to get into the business and try and extract you from your money, and that's the problem we're running into.

I think most cities in America are not prepared for this, and they have old systems.

And again, that's my argument for the Cyber Director.

What we know is they'd love to get access to people's data from a nation-state perspective.