Secretary Krebs, what is the standard applied to agencies working to successfully remove all Kaspersky products from their systems?

So what standards were used in approving Kaspersky Lab as an appropriate choice to fill the U.S. Government's antivirus protection needs?

Kaspersky Lab has reported links to Russian intelligence, and it is based in Moscow, subjects client data to the Kremlin's intrusive surveillance and interception laws.

Senator Shaheen worked to include a provision in this year's Senate-passed NDAA to prohibit the use of Kaspersky products across the Government.

I am pleased that finally we have seen the administration act on that.

I share the frustration that you are hearing from everyone on this committee about decisions that have not been made actually with respect to cyber threats affecting our Nation.

Our fellow citizens deserve a robust and swift response from both all of us in Congress as well as the Administration.

What we are seeing there is nothing short of a humanitarian crisis.

One of the conversations we have been having is about as we look at Puerto Rico and the devastation there to particularly their utility grid.

I knew that Senators Rubio and Cantwell were going to focus on what has happened in Puerto Rico, so we brought some pictures of the devastation that I think say it very clearly.

it feels like Groundhog Day again because, once more, we are seeing Republican leadership in the Senate advancing another bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to make radical cuts to the Medicaid Program. As with previous efforts…

Which is a sad commentary on the budget situation.