It's clear that our Nation must increase resilience to cyber risk across the board, particularly within our critical infrastructure sectors.

I am pleased to have Director Easterly before us today to discuss this very important topic.

I love the idea on cyber insurance.

I hope so too. I'll just say, 50 percent of your time on having somebody spend 50 percent of their time on compliance, you know, that means 50 percent of the time they're not on defense.

We must find the right balance between regulatory burden and improving security outcomes.

I appreciate that. I know the Council's supposed to be giving us a report and we are waiting for that.

I think I speak for all Members on this dais when I say that we want CISA to succeed.

This is bad for jobs. It is bad for the strength of the dollar. It is bad for our status as a reserve currency.

I got this text from a buddy of mine a couple of weeks ago, and he said, 'Are you guys doing anything about that B.S. accredited investor rule? I am shut out of investing in my 5,000-employee major company with a 1-to-1 investment match…

Just this morning, before the hearing, I saw news that Russia is exploring legislation to formalize their ability to transact in crypto.

I don't know where the hold up is. CISA has said they are done I think--and it might not even be with you.

I would call upon the subcommittee to think deeply about passing some sort of bill about stablecoins.