Mr, Speaker, I was not able to vote today for medical reasons. Had I been present on rollcall vote 629, I would have voted ``no.'' Had I been present on rollcall vote 630, I would have voted ``no.'' Had I been present on rollcall vote 631…

Thank you, again, and thank you for your leadership. Now, this legislation is very similar to the bill that Chairman Rogers and I introduced to promote information sharing between the private and public sectors, which is the single most…

However, I feel it is important to reach consensus and move this issue forward now. Our country continues to be cyber attacked. We are under attack as I speak. To do nothing is not an option. I want to thank again the leadership of…

Another reason why Congress has to move ahead in the area of cyber legislation.

I know our chairman, our ranking member, members of this committee continue to talk about sequestration, which probably is one the biggest threats to our national security.

It is unfortunate, especially the Chinese have stolen so much of your space programs and all of our different programs, saving them probably billions of dollars.

We are making our country weaker.

This is not a partisan issue. We need to get the record where our leadership, Republican, Democratic side to resolve this issue.

I don't think anybody on this Committee disagrees, about the issue of what sequestration can do.

Do you feel that this is one of the most dangerous times for the United States of America as far as risk between terrorism, between Russia/China threat, between cyber issues?

Space is one of the most important things we deal with.

I think the number one subject is sequestration, and I think we have to keep on focusing, because it is a system that is making us weaker as a country.