Political Quotes

“I thank all Members who worked on this, but certainly commend the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall), the ranking member, and the gentleman from New York (Chairman Boehlert) for having the foresight and commitment to initiate and advance this legislation that I would suggest is very important. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Research, I am proud to have worked on this bill and to be a prime sponsor. This act establishes programs at both the National Science Foundation and NIST, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, to advance research and, perhaps most importantly, develop a talented workforce of cyber security researchers and professionals. While the focus in information technology has largely been to build it faster, build it smaller, and build it less expensive, perhaps now more than ever we need to know how to build it safer and more secure. The programs authorized by this act provide much needed support for the research that will help us understand just how to do that. By supporting undergraduate and graduate post-doctoral students, as well as senior researchers who wish to focus some of their research efforts on cyber security, we will train the experts who make sure the appropriate safeguards are in place to protect us from malicious cyber attacks. It is a huge challenge. It is not going to come cheaply and it is not going to come easily.”