Rob Portman actually said...

"In a very tough budget environment, we see significant increases at DOD for cyber defenses, a $200 million increase from last year."

"It does sound like it's a matter of pay, but also because it is exciting work..."

"I think we have to go to a model where we assume the adversary is in our networks, it's on our machines, and we have to operate anyway."

"the impact of these cuts would be "devastating" and "catastrophic," leading to a hollow force and inflicting serious damage to our national defense."