What is being done to protect our soldiers and counter Russia's intrusions? What is being done to educate our soldiers?

I am honored to follow my colleagues here today and to be followed by my great friend and colleague, Senator Whitehouse, who has been a wonderful partner in this effort and has helped organize today's colloquy. I will yield to him shortly…

The continued build of Army equipment sets for Army Prepositioned Stocks in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany... provides United States Army Europe additional combat power.

How does the Army plan on integrating the capabilities of the F-35 into its air and missile defense architecture?

Does ITEP remain the Army's number one aviation modernization priority?

I hope that you will work with me on the Data Breach Accountability and Enforcement Act of 2017 which the Ranking Member and I have co-sponsored.

It's the difference between a security consultant who says about your home, you have this vulnerability to forced entry and the criminal who says you have this vulnerability to forced entry and I have your child, pay me a $100,000. That's…

Does Uber have that procedure in place now?

Extortion and ransom demands but also when you say you're going to run a bug bounty program, if you say we're going to negotiate with you when you have access to our information or when you have the information, it exposes you in effect to…

There ought to be no question here that Uber's payment of this blackmail without notifying consumers who were gravely at risk was morally wrong and legally reprehensible and violated not only the law but also the norm of what should be…

I think this distinction is pretty simple and I think you make it in your testimony, Ms. Moussouris, when you say that we need to make clear that only 'the minimum necessary proof is required to prove that a vulnerability exists and that…

My time has expired. In deference to the other members of the Committee, I'm going to stay within the limit.

I hope that you would agree that stronger legislative tools have to be given to the Federal Trade Commission.

And any such criminal conduct needs to be reported immediately to authorities.

concealing it, in my view, is in effect aiding and abetting that crime.

I want to very quickly and simply emphasize a couple of those very important points, and maybe the overriding one is the need for action. The Presiding Officer has demonstrated repeatedly his convictions and conscience, and I want to say…

we are here at a historic moment. The President of the United States will come before us for his first State of the Union tonight, at a time when there is a credible case of obstruction of justice against him and an overwhelming case to…

The public interest, public health and national security are going to depend on advancements in science.

The advancement of science has depended on a healthy investment in research by the Federal Government.

China is now the second largest investor in R&D, a key driver of global competitiveness.

There are still vacancies in the administration--science advisor is one.

I've worked with a number of my colleagues on this issue, including Senator Wicker, from Mississippi.

The world community ought to be unified in responding and retaliating, or deterring and punishing, this kind of state-sponsored cyberattack.

Let me ask you about the budget that we've received from the administration, which cuts back on a number of programs that I think are important to aquaculture; for example, the NOAA Sea Grant Program.

Connecticut has a long and historic involvement in shellfish and aquaculture and generally the commitment to the environmental treasures that are reflected in this important work.