Richard Blumenthal

In what ways are you ensuring this vulnerability is not having an impact on our soldiers in Eastern Europe?

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

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.

I appreciate their help and support.

I have led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to FDA Commissioner Gottlieb on the IV bag issue.

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.

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

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

Does Uber have that procedure in place now?

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…

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.

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

These cuts specifically target your foundation.

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

What we see in the proposed 2018 budget is slashing National Science Foundation spending by 11 percent.

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

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

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

There is a bipartisan letter that has been joined by many of us, that I helped to lead, to U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.