Dan Lipinski

It enjoys support in both the House and the Senate.

I speak in favor of the Manager's Amendment just quickly.

I hope we can continue to work to perfect this as the bill moves ahead.

We do not want to ask NIST or any other agency to take on the vital task of assuring our Federal agencies have prepared their networks to be safe but then provide it with the manpower, funding, expertise or knowledge to do the job right…

Cybersecurity is a real and growing challenge for our government, businesses and individuals.

I completely agree. I thank the witnesses for your testimony. I think all of you did a very good job of explaining the real need for regulatory relief when it comes to academic research and the regulations.

We need to figure this out. We cannot have... potential shortages of air traffic controllers.

I think Mr. Hultgren's bill that I worked with him on, H.R. 1964, is the best way to go about doing this.

It seems common sense to hire from CTI graduates and veterans first.

We need this system to work. I think the region needs to come up with a dedicated funding source for Metro.

I think Metro in so many ways is unfortunately an embarrassment in our Nation's Capital.

I started a few years ago in here the first Congressional Public Transportation Caucus because of how important it is that we support public transit across the country.

The NSF is central to our nation's leadership in science and technology, and I think it's important that more people understand the critical role that NSF plays.

It's important that we continue to hear from experts in government and the private sector about the latest developments with respect to both the risks that confront security in cyberspace.

We need to make sure that both in the public and private sector that people are held responsible for the hacks that do occur.

One of the reasons I chose to be on the Science Committee, and on this subcommittee in particular, is that we have the opportunity to learn firsthand about new and emerging research fields and technologies that will transform society and…

I fear we may be under-investing in many critical areas such as cybersecurity.

It's been too long since the original High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 has been updated with the current state of science and technology in the field.

I don't believe anyone is interested in delaying NEON construction by another year.

While I hope that all of my colleagues join me in supporting the scientific goals of the NEON project and are interested in seeing it put on a better path going forward, I know we share the goal of being good stewards of taxpayer money.

We have a constitutional obligation and responsibility to ensure every dollar intended for scientific research is spent as effectively and efficiently as possible.

It's not acceptable for these data breaches to occur at OPM, anywhere else in the government, or in the private sector.

It will take a collective effort of both the public and private sector to improve cybersecurity.

Cybercrime and cyber-espionage continues to threaten our national security.

I certainly agree, Dr. Buckius, that the rotator program is an essential element of the NSF mission.