Elissa Slotkin

I have the privilege of representing part of Oakland County, Michigan, and Captain Mel Maier from Oakland County Sheriff's Office, he commands the Emergency Communication and Operations Division.

It is, of course, hard to hear from this panel that right now we are safer but we have to watch for the reconstitution of these terrorist groups.

I believe and I have certainly answered many veterans who have reached out that I believe their work was valuable and worthy.

The CISA Cyber Exercise Act (H.R. 3223) introduced by Rep. Slotkin will strengthen the agency's ability to fulfill its intended mandate by establishing a program to assess and review CISA's preparedness and resilience to cyber attacks.

Convince him that their Government is doing something about the fact that they are being constantly attacked.

Those that seek to further their illicit activities through use of digital currencies, or the internet more broadly, should have no illusions that they are beyond the reach of the law.

It's our responsibility on this committee to also understand how these tools could enable malicious activity.

There's nothing inherently illicit or illegal about cryptocurrencies or other digital finance technologies.

It is our responsibility on this committee to also understand how these tools could enable malicious activity that threatens our homeland security.

Our system is so bureaucratic, so big, so slow to acquire new technology.

I thank Mr. Walberg for those kind words. Paul, I hope you know the strength that we are sending you, all of us on both sides of the aisle. We feel it, we have been talking about you and Sherry and the kids constantly. And we hope that…

I thank Mr. Phillips for his heartfelt words. In conclusion, Paul, as you can imagine, we, of course, had our schedule changed 12 different times today. There are many, many more of our colleagues who are submitting official notes for the…

I thank Mr. Reed for those heartfelt words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Phillips), another member of the Problem Solvers Caucus.

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens).

In honor of Mr. Mitchell, we will now start going Democrat-Republican, Democrat-Republican to demonstrate our bipartisanship. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Meijer).

We called for the repeal here in the House of the 2002 AUMF.

I am worried because there is bipartisan agreement that China is gaining on us.

I think we need to be intellectually honest as Members of Congress that we are a part of the problem.

I am struck as we head to the 20th anniversary of 9/11 just how different the homeland issues are from when, you know, DHS was stood up.

I guess I just want to make the point that a trade between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden makes zero sense.

I actually feel more optimistic in the last, you know, 48 hours. Susan Collins and Romney and others coming out and say that they`d vote for it.

I encourage members to read it. It should pass.

I think it`s really important that Leader Schumer is going to put it to a vote no matter what.

I think it would be so important to really present a truly transformational budget on cyber.

I ask for your help in clarifying what their designation means for U.S. diplomatic reporting, intelligence sharing, and law enforcement cooperation between the U.S. and Canada.