Dan Coats: “I'm fully prepared to assume the responsibilities.”

I'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.

I know others have talked about that here today, but when you and I had a chance to talk earlier in the last couple weeks, I mentioned one of my real concerns about China.

We can create a discipline, a way of thinking about these challenges.

One of the first things you can do--at this hearing, even--is to make a strong statement of support for professionalism in the IC and pledge that you will not tolerate politics influencing the analytical process.