Susan Davis

Businesses must also take a critical look at their hiring practices and really look at their credentialing requirements to ensure that they are not over-specifying credentials that might create a barrier.

The administration's budget request proposed to cut funding for the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Program by a whopping 27 percent from its fiscal year 2017 levels.

The fundamental building block of a strong and durable cyber infrastructure is highly-skilled cybersecurity workers.

Government should be adequately investing in the educational and work force development infrastructure to grow the talent pool and raise awareness for cybersecurity careers.

We must ensure that we are actively recruiting women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans into the field.

We know that cybersecurity vulnerabilities extend to critical infrastructure and even our elections.

The notion that they are working hundred-hour workweeks is really terrifying for them and for us.

Do not worry that you are waking someone up. Do not worry that you have never seen this before and it is your second week on the job.

We need to ask you to say when we are asking too much with what you have and to be willing and able to say, 'We cannot do what you are asking us to do without putting the lives of men and women at risk.'

I wonder as well--we have been talking about whether or not the forward-deployed model is sustainable.

Thank you to all of you for being here. And to Ms. Rachel Eckels, thank you.

We're able to really understand where we are and, I hope, where we're going to go.

We have some folks who actually have experienced this more than others.

I hope we can come together in a bipartisan manner to promote registered apprenticeship programs.

Last week, in a disappointing maneuver, the Labor, Health and Human Services bill eliminated Federal dollars for apprenticeship programs.

I look forward to working with my colleagues on this committee to expand upon the registration process for apprenticeships while ensuring that protections remain in place for students.

We often hear from students that they are looking for more flexible education options to meet their busy schedules, and we need to answer this call and make quality apprenticeships a viable option for all students.

As this committee looks to help build a highly skilled workforce and close the skills gap that we so often hear about, we must look at effective models to expand.

We should be working together on a bipartisan basis, just like we did with WIOA.

I am hopeful that Congress will reject the President's proposed cuts to job training programs.

I hope we can take a close look at how our workforce systems have improved since WIOA.

The reality is that the people who come into our service, the men and women, they came from somewhere.

Is there a disconnect here? And how do you translate this to the general public?

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I also want to thank the witnesses here as well once again.

All students deserve access to good information to inform their choices, regardless of whether they get aid or they don't.