Deb Fischer: “What I am looking for is the risk involved to those pipelines.”

Continued oversight of agencies within our jurisdiction is one of our most important duties, and I am glad to have the chance to learn more about where GPO stands four years into Director Halpern's leadership.

When we look at the reform that took place in 2011, that has been brought up a couple of time here, did any of those changes result in any meaningful change at the pace we are doing nominations currently in the Senate?

We are talking about rural development and being able--I view that as strengthening rural America, to be able to have that development.

The Federal Government does provide some assistance in identifying and mitigating the cybersecurity threats to election officials, primarily in the form of information sharing.