I think you would be able to have a real opportunity for States to expand these public-private partnerships.

Ultimately, sustained corrective action will be needed before we restore the public's confidence in our government's ability to keep their personal information safe and secure.

I actually introduced, with a slight modification, the administration's proposal, and hopefully we can get that done. God knows we need to.

It is time to get him confirmed so that the Director and the agency have the help they need to right the ship.

Finding out about a data breach after they occur is not good enough.

I think in your testimony here and in other hearings we have had, almost everybody says those were the right things to do.

This legislation will speed up its adoption across the government, require use of leading technologies, and improve accountability and oversight.

The next challenge is to figure out how to pay for it.

We are trying to impart a sense of urgency. God knows we need to.

while the Senator from Texas is still on the floor, let me say, if I could--he mentioned the word ``trust'' a number of times. It is an important word in Congress. One of my favorite sayings is ``Integrity--if you have it, nothing else…

I thank the Republican whip for those words and for his work on this. I would just close with this thought: Whenever I talk to people who have been married a long time--like 50, 60, 70 years--I always ask them, what is the secret to being…

If we are going to have regulations--and we need them--make sure we are using some common sense.

I often say people who have our jobs, we do not create jobs. Mayors do not create jobs. Governors do not create jobs. Presidents do not create jobs.

We expect them to go out and say to those who are going to be regulated, 'What are your ideas? What do you think?'

What Ronald Reagan proposed all those years ago meets the commonsense test for me.

we can no longer afford inaction.

the more severe, the more costly, and perhaps irreversible, the effects of climate change are becoming.

Without action on climate change, we will need to spend billions of dollars in this century to protect our State.

Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thanks for holding the hearing.

For decades, the fear of the cost to combat climate change prevented any real action on this issue in Congress.

We have a moral obligation to make sure we have a planet with a decent quality of life.

We must act now while the ability to mitigate the most harmful impact is still within our grasp.

All the while, it is becoming clear that the price of inaction is much greater than the price of action.

The choice between curbing climate change and growing our economy is, as I have suggested here many times, a false one.

Why don't we raise the gas and diesel tax by a penny a month for 25 months?