"Hon. Bobby L. Rush, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."
"If recent history is any indication, then it's not a matter of if, Mr. Chairman, but, rather, when some threat... challenges the resiliency of our nation's energy infrastructure."
"Many of us, Mr. Chairman, still view Russia, among other countries, as a potential threat to the U.S. grid system..."
"I believe that we need more hearings and a deeper analysis of the issue so members can truly understand the challenges and threats facing our grid."
"We owe it to the American people to ask whether anything about that attack could be replicated here."
"If Russia hacked our election, what's to stop them from hacking our electricity grid?"
"I consider grid security to be a top tier national security concern."
"I want to touch on an area that we have been silent on--this hearing's been silent on so far and that's the area of the cybersecurity workforce."
"I think that's a very critical concern on the plans or the technology--on the well-intentioned efforts of many of us we have come to know and we don't have a sufficient, capable, and expert workforce."
"Let me be very clear here, ladies and gentlemen, for the majority of Americans, middle class Americans, Medicaid is what gets you or your mother or your father into a nursing home."
"But Republican and Democratic governors are begging Republicans here in Washington, please don't do this Congress members, because if Republicans in Congress do, these governors know that their state,..."
"Now according to the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the oldest and most prestigious medical journals, if Republicans take away everyone's coverage over 43,000 people could die ea..."