Political Quotes

“When you listen to our highest law enforcement officials in the country and our national security officials, they join the Chairman's very early point. When he was saying it, no one was paying attention, I think, that cyber attacks are the greatest threat in terms of our economic infrastructure and some of our national military infrastructure is challenged by cyber attacks also. There is an account in DOJ that is the target of affection for this amendment; that is cyber and high economic crimes. This is a very important area. We remember the fiasco with the retailers being attacked by cyber attacks, mainly centered from Ukraine, and the disaster that occurred over the holiday shopping season. This is a very important area. I would be glad to work with the gentleman to see whether we can do something to make sure that this account has the resources it needs. Aeronautics, on the other hand, we are well above $100 million or so than the requested level, but it is a very important area, and I join with the chairman in prioritizing it. I went out to Washington State. I visited Everett, a plant of almost 100 acres under one roof, the largest and widest building anywhere in the country, and saw them constructing these Dreamliners, tens of thousands of Americans working every day. We don't want those secrets stolen either, however, through cyber attacks; so we need to find a happy medium that meets the country's interests. I don't know that we want to cut that account.…”