Political Quotes

“I come to the floor and first want to commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall) for their bipartisan efforts to address an issue that is so very important to our Nation's economy and Nation's infrastructure. We are at war today. We are at war against terrorism, and one of the lessons of September 11 is no more complacency. Clearly our Nation's IT infrastructure is one area where we historically have been very, very complacent; and as we work to win this war on terrorism, we also must work to strengthen our homeland security, and clearly this legislation, the Cyber Security Research and Development Act, is part of our efforts to strengthen our Nation's homeland security. Our IT infrastructure is important. We use it in our everyday lives, whether it is our banking, insurance, our schools, our businesses, how we operate our utilities, and serve our Nation's infrastructure; and all of it is in jeopardy of a cyberattack.”