"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."
"It is something that I think we absolutely have to pay attention to."
"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."
"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."
"Kim Jong Un, who said the thing that's going to keep me in charge are nuclear weapons and cybersecurity, offensive cybersecurity."
"If everybody in this bureaucracy gets to say no and everybody gets to sign off, we lose."
"It needs to say, 'Department X, you haven't performed.'"
"Oh, boy, that may be the million-dollar question, Congressman."
"We need someone who is coordinating our cyber defenses at a time when all of these weaknesses and vulnerabilities have been repeatedly demonstrated by different attacks."
"Public opinion is probably more with us now than it's ever been to try to defeat this thing."
"Security is, I think, a very important discussion Congress is going to have to weigh in on."
"We're in a cyber war today. Most people don't realize it."