"Thank you, Chairwoman Clarke and Watson Coleman, for holding this important hearing today..."
"I'm glad that we can bring these two subcommittees together to discuss how to protect our vital aviation, surface transportation, and maritime systems from cyber threats."
"The recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline only served to highlight what owners and operators of these critical infrastructure systems already knew--a significant cyber incident has enormous ra..."
"Having a strong public-private partnership as new cyber requirements are imposed in the transportation sector is key."
"we had concerns about embedded in the software that came with the cranes was malware"
"whenever the Chinese want, they can cut off our supply of spare parts"
"I actually believe that it is the biggest threat that we have, is the ascendancy of China."
"We need other sources that are either allies or friendly nations and not so much of it coming from one source with China."
"I will be introducing some legislation to try and wean us off of these Chinese cranes and other infrastructure needs at our ports that may be coming from adversary nations."
"I take that as a yes. Thank you. I appreciate that."
"Does it make any sense to you then that you could have an airplane full of 300 people, say, that are unvaccinated, and the only people that have to be vaccinated are actually the people that are opera..."
"I will take that as a no then."