I congratulate both of you on your rising to leadership of this subcommittee.

I want to thank you, Chairman Smith and Chairman Bucshon, for holding this hearing to examine the serious cybersecurity challenges faced by our Nation.

I have seen plenty of bad social science research in my time.

I look forward to hearing feedback from our witnesses on H.R. 756, The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, that I recently reintroduced along with Mr. McCaul.

We need to be doing good research.

It is vital that we translate as much federal research as possible to new products and new companies.

I am also concerned that top-line cuts to our federal R&D budgets will have a negative impact on any long-term cybersecurity strategy.

I am hopeful that our R&D bill will be part of a comprehensive bipartisan cybersecurity bill.

Today, it remains difficult to imagine just how much more we will simultaneously benefit from and be made more vulnerable by information technology.

Cybercrime threatens our national security, our critical infrastructure, businesses of all sizes, and every single American.

In a Republican House, hopefully, this time we can get it all the way through because our country especially needs it as the threats grow every year.