Peter Visclosky: “I appreciate the gentleman yielding, and I certainly do support his amendment. The amendment expands the Hacking for…”

“I appreciate the gentleman yielding, and I certainly do support his amendment. The amendment expands the Hacking for Defense program, designed to provide students the opportunity to learn how to work with the Department and intelligence community to better address the Nation's emerging threats. It is an important activity, and he is absolutely correct. Madam Chair, I would point out for my colleagues that, in the current fiscal year, this program was funded at $15 million. In the current budget--and I appreciate his advocacy on behalf of this program--that has now been increased to $40 million. Money is not everything, but it is important to this program to make sure it is adequately funded. I, again, thank the gentleman very much for his work.”