Heidi Heitkamp

We have trouble and you know we have not felt there was enough attention at BIA to these issues.

Tara Sweeney's leadership will be vital for the Department of the Interior.

These are all of our children, and if we cannot figure out a high priority for protecting kids, we know these kids are at high risk for trafficking.

I think our duty is a little more humanitarian than that.

The worst thing that happens in border protection is we have Border Patrol guards who carry guns changing diapers.

We do not want you to be baby sitters. We do not want you to be foster parents.

I think I am not as angry at your agency as I am HHS.

For you guys to come, in my opinion, fairly unprepared, with really no solutions makes me wonder if there is really a commitment to changing outcomes for kids.

These children are the most vulnerable children that we have in North America. We can argue about whether they should be here, but because they are here, they are ours, and they are our responsibility.

Not just us but every person in the United States wants to know how to fix this problem.

I do not think there is any doubt about it, and I think that when we have dispersed jurisdictions, we have no accountability.

The work that he is going to do is just as important as anyone who puts on a uniform and carries a gun.

I just want you to know we expect you to throw some sharp elbows.

We need to have a Center of Excellence for cybersecurity on all things that affect our national defense and our national security.

I just want to throw out an idea that I think would be helpful, and it goes to the kind of general theme of what I want to talk about here, and that is, there needs to be a Center of Excellence for cybersecurity.

This is a division that I think has been misnamed, and I would not say mismanaged but lacking focus.

The concern that I have is frequently when we talk about disclosure, it is after the breach.

It is definitely a force multiplier, and more and more small businesses are coming wanting protection, understanding the risk and the liability.

That is just invaluable. That is the kind of army you need to prevent people sneaking in through the back door.

There has to be a level of accountability with standards that when we look back on it, we could say, look, you should have known.

What are we doing to plus-up our effort looking at private organizations that have some skin in this game?

This is probably the most serious issue that we are confronting, probably behind the pandemic, in this country with the most disruptive oversight process in government.

Can I make a recommendation? I just visited with my insurance agents. Great people. They are now selling a product that includes cyber insurance.

We need to make sure that when we are talking about this, we do not confuse the two concepts.

I just think it is really important we talk about cyber hygiene.