I thank Ranking Member Thornberry and Chairman Smith for their leadership in this essential process to ensure America's security. This bill takes important steps forward to confront China by establishing the Indo-Pacific Deterrence…

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.

I am glad we are finally meeting in person.

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

I thank Ranking Member Thornberry and Chairman Smith for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor in such a bipartisan manner. I am pleased the bill includes several provisions to support the Space Force and prioritizes the…

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.

Those people, respectfully, disregard history, as Congress has helped to guide White House structure in the past when the moment demanded it.

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.

I look forward to working with each of you to ensure that we strengthen America's cybersecurity against all types of threats.

What I find this bill does that I think was different than previous discussions is that it doesn't expand government, which I'm really concerned about, it focuses government.

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.

Congress needs to pay attention.

We must keep in mind the Trump administration's success in protecting our last mid-term elections from disruptive cyber incidents.

So, Chairman Rogers, can you describe the potential effect a cyber-attack on critical infrastructure like this could have in the United States?

Oh, boy, that may be the million-dollar question, Congressman.

Every major adversary--China, Russia, North Korea, Iran--are ramping up the use of cyber because they know it has low consequence and high impact.

Security is, I think, a very important discussion Congress is going to have to weigh in on.

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

We need a strong leader in the White House to defeat the inertia that pushes investments in cybersecurity down the road.

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.

I want to keep an open mind on the merits of any proposal to improve our national cybersecurity.

Imagine if you take the quarterback and not let that quarterback train with the football team all year until the first game you put him out on the field. We're going to have problems.

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

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

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.