Cybersecurity crosses many committees' jurisdictions here, and crosses many agencies in the Federal Government.

NIST itself has said that its framework needs to be put into the international sector and discussed among all nations.

Russia has increased its cyber attacks against the United States since sanctions were put in place.

I find your testimony to be very, very helpful. And it does underscore the point that it is complicated.

the United States is prepared to work jointly with the GCC states to deter and confront any external threat to any GCC state's territorial integrity that is inconsistent with the U.N. Charter.

we now recognize that we are under direct attack by cyber soldiers organized by government to attack our country.

We will not give up on diplomacy. We are not the Armed Services Committee. We are the Foreign Relations Committee.

The United States has been the guarantor of peace and prosperity in the region for generations, and we cannot remain complacent in light of these very serious challenges.

It would be a destabilizing and problematic act were China to move in that direction.

I do not think much is going to change.

It does seem to me that this committee is concerned that there are a lot of risk factors in the China seas.

The relationship between the United States and China is critically important to this country. It is a complex relationship.

if we were to ratify it, we might be able to use that mechanism more effectively with China.

I very much hope that the committee would give that some consideration.

Unilateral action by China caused a major problem at the time that could have escalated even more than it did.

I wish I had you as one of my professors in college grading my papers. I think you are being pretty gentle.

I leave here as disappointed as I was a year ago about the fact that we do not have a policy.

I do believe that the United States has been a leader in maritime security issues.

I think that the foot-dragging on the code of conduct is a problem, and that is something that we shine a light on and encourage the parties, and particularly China, to get serious about resolving.

Provocative conduct is not helpful at all, and we have seen more and more of these provocative incidents.

The President and Vice President and senior officials made clear almost instantly after China's unilateral claim to have created an ADIZ in the East China Sea that we do not recognize it, and we will not accept or abide by it.

These activities are contrary to China's own, to their very own past pledges and are possibly violations of international law.

China is accomplishing its mission by what it did because they are, in fact, establishing a claim that is not legitimate but making it legitimate by time?

the more fundamental point is that China has already made a commitment; made a commitment to avoid and refrain from provocative actions that complicate these issues or make it more difficult to resolve them in 2002, in the declaration of…

We must also use it as an opportunity to raise with China a pressing need to curb North Korea's growing nuclear program.