Dutch Ruppersberger

First of all, I do want to thank the chairman for working with us in a bipartisan way to protect our country from this very serious threat of cyberattacks. As the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, people often ask me what…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Amash The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 5 printed in House…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment; however, I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

As we said before, our bill is extremely limited, and we're attempting again to allow our government, our intelligence community, to give the information that's necessary to protect our citizens from these cyberattacks. Ours is the most…

I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson). He is on the Intelligence Committee and also a sponsor of this amendment.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. In closing, I want to say again that the purpose of this bill, as the chairman just said, is very basic and simple. We want to protect our citizens from attacks. We are being attacked as we speak…

I yield 2 minutes to my distinguished colleague from the State of California, Mr. Adam Schiff, who is also the ranking member on the Technical and Tactical Intelligence Committee.

I agree with Mr. Issa's comments. This is a joint amendment of Mr. Rogers and me. The amendment would make it clear that while FOIA exemption protects information obtained under the bill, regulatory information required by other…

I also support this amendment. It is very important. It's another example of what we're attempting to do to protect the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens but yet have a bill that we clearly need to protect them from a national…

I yield 2 minutes to my distinguished colleague from the State of Georgia (Mr. Johnson).

Now the Precision Tracking Space System I believe is a necessity for our country, especially so we are not outgunned by the Irans, the South Koreas, the rogue states.

If in fact this system were not funded and we would stop the system 2 years in, do you feel it would affect our national security?

I do want to acknowledge the Technical and Tactical Subcommittee and the work done by Mr. Heck and also Mr. Schiff. I have served with Mr. Schiff for years on the Intelligence Committee, and he has been very focused on the technical area…

I think we really need to discuss the issue of cybersecurity. Cyberthreat is the one thing I think that keeps a lot of us on the Intelligence Committee up at night, how serious a threat it is to our country--we're being attacked on a…

I think another major issue that we've addressed in this bill is the issue of space. Years ago, when we went to the Moon, the whole country understood how important space was to the national defense of our country, and, in those days…

I think it's extremely important that we look back where we've come from since 9/11. During 9/11, or before 9/11, we had agencies, intelligence agencies that just were not working together. There was not a teamwork approach. And, as a…

We just dropped today a bipartisan bill on cybersecurity.

First, I support this amendment. The amendment would include a sense of Congress language to encourage the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Homeland Security to integrate the intelligence-sharing capability of fusion…

I just want to thank my friend, the gentleman from Virginia, for his involvement in all national security issues. We serve together on the Commerce-Justice Subcommittee in Appropriations and we work together on gangs. So I appreciate your…

I strongly support the manager's amendment. The manager's amendment deals with the issues that the chairman talked about. Also, it was our negotiation to resolve certain issues, and that has been done. So I fully support it. I yield back…

I claim time in opposition, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 384, noes 14, not voting 33, as follows: [Roll No. 698] AYES--384…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I claim time in opposition to the amendment, although I do not intend to oppose it. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.