Cedric Richmond

It appears a number of things that I take out of it, one of which is the power and the amount of abuse that can happen in prosecutorial discretion.

As a chief executive of a city, how hard is it to retain the cybersecurity professionals and the talent that you need to do this when we have a severe shortage of cybersecurity professionals and the private sector pays a lot more than the…

While we talk a lot about how automation might impact the workforce, we talk less about how poor cyber hygiene and low tech literacy can present a real economic barrier to entry.

We also know that these attacks are becoming more frequent and more advanced.

Many of them are not thinking about phishing emails or ransomware or whether a hostile foreign government has gained access to the networks that control their drinking water, transportation, or medical care.

These attacks can be debilitating--taking out the tools and services people need to access health benefits, buy a home, or even call 9-1-1.

This is a topic that I believe deserves far more attention than it gets.

I want to thank the witnesses for their valuable testimony and the Members for their questions.

Mr. Richmond. The gentleman from Rhode Island yields back.

I just wanted to highlight that we have different challenges in this country in this time and day.

It costs money to protect the American people. It is not that we just want to spend, spend, spend.

My bill will help State and local governments be better prepared to defend their cyber networks.

We talk less about how poor cyber hygiene and low tech literacy can present a real economic barrier to entry.

Access to connected devices--and an understanding of how to use them securely--is the very foundation for economic mobility.

As Chairman, I want to spend some time looking at how cybersecurity impacts real people--like the ones I represent in the 2d District of Louisiana.

I want to spend some time looking at how cybersecurity impacts real people, like the ones I represent in the Second Congressional District of Louisiana.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 46, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $7,000,000)''. Page 46, line 11, after the…

In the near future, I hope that we think of cyber as one of the most diverse fields of people and skill sets who will meet the challenges of protecting public and private-sector institutions from an array of cybersecurity threats.

Diversity is essential for National security, and for cybersecurity.

In 2018, that research showed a current-day shortage of nearly 3 million unfilled positions around the world.

That is exactly the type of thinking we cannot afford to have if we are serious about reversing trends.

We cannot continue to make diversity an afterthought and expect that it will spring forth naturally.

We have to stop starving the Federal programs that support cyber talent.

Diversity is essential for National security and for cybersecurity.

I thank the gentlelady.