It is with a heavy heart that I rise today to pay tribute to the life and legacy of one Mrs. Leah Chase, a world- famous chef and businesswoman in New Orleans who is known around the world as the Queen of Creole Cuisine. She passed away…

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

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

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

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

Diversity is essential for National security and for cybersecurity.

Diversity is essential for National security, and for cybersecurity.

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.

If we doubled your budget, would you spend it all?

Although officials throughout the administration have declared that election security is a priority, no one in the White House has been directed to coordinate a Federal response.

From election security to supply chain security, we ask more of DHS's cybersecurity arm every year.

Despite CISA's growing mission, its budget has remained stagnant.

For too long, we have deferred investments in innovative security technologies to fund operations and funding the President's Southern Border wall.

I thank the gentlelady.

But thoughts and prayers aren't enough. We also need to demand more of the President and his administration in the face of the rising threat of white nationalism and anti-Semitism seriously.

Election interference is a real and dangerous threat that must be addressed.

As Congress navigates the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) appropriations process, we urge you to increase the Homeland Security Subcommittee's fiscal year 2020 302(b) allocation.

Investment in our Federal civilian cybersecurity capabilities simply has not kept pace.

In today's world, a flat cybersecurity budget is just as dangerous as a cut.

I would just encourage you all to figure it out because you don't want us to figure it out for you.

Just because you are upset with your station in life and sitting in your mama's basement in your boxers you don't get to spew hate that you know will incite violence because you can hide behind anonymity.

If you were able to get a SBA loan then you had to take that money out of what you were able to receive in grant.

If we want to talk about the climax of foolishness, I will tell you what I saw in my area.

We got creative and created the step program after disasters so people could shelter in place as opposed to putting them in a hotel.

We spent up to $60,000 to $100,000 to bring in temporary trailers to give housing to people that if we just gave them $60,000 they would have been able to go out and purchase a permanent one.