Political Quotes

“I thank the ranking member and the chairman for your hard work on the issue and the members on the committee. This is very important. It goes beyond partisanship. This is about national security. The idea of cyberattacks, it's not something that is just out there in space that we really don't have to worry about. This is an issue that's here today, and it's here right now. In fact, just today, the New York Stock Exchange was the target of a DDoS attack on some of its external computer systems. That's not something that we just magically happen to have today. This is happening every day, thousands and thousands of times a day. {time} 1440 I'm a military guy and I'm a military pilot. I think a lot about the threats from outside. You think a lot about threats of terrorism and threats of invasion or anything along that line. But I'll tell you one of the biggest threats that really keep us up at night is this idea of a cyberattack. I think it's something that we have to take head-on. This voluntary information-sharing between classified portions of our government and certified private actors will serve to enhance our defenses greatly. It is important to note the amount of classified information currently shared between our government and private industry is muddled at best.…”