I feel like we have the best team in place and we are working in a really positive bipartisan way.

I want to be able to tell people back home that we are doing everything we can to defend them.

The best, you know, offense is a good defense.

I would just ask for your commitment.

I don't think the American public knows the 9-1-1 number to call when their school, when their farm, when their processing plant, when their local government is attacked.

What are we doing to protect ourselves from this onslaught of attacks.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I am proud to join several of my colleagues tonight to recognize our former colleague, Mr. Paul Mitchell. Paul was recently diagnosed with cancer, and so many of us wanted to send our well-wishes that we decided the best way we could do it…

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.

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).

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

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