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 consider grid security to be a top tier national security concern.

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.

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.

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...

Mr. Secretary, it has been indeed a pleasure working with you to establish the critically important Minorities in Energy Initiative in DOE.

I understand that the cable industry is saying that the information that you are requesting that it does not exist in their network...

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation, in honor of the memory of Gladys Tordil, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of silence on the House floor…

When are you going to stop the badgering of witnesses before this committee?

This witness has been badgered and badgered and badgered and badgered and badgered, Mr. Chairman.