Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleagues from Pennsylvania. And yes, the case that was referenced centered in Pennsylvania, and it is a case that is pending before our courts. I won't have much to say about it other than under our system, an indictment is merely a charge. We have to go through the process. But the one thing that we do know--having nothing to do with the instant case--is Chairman Wolf has worked on this for a number of years. He has exposed all of us to information about this and arranged briefings from our highest levels of law enforcement officials in our country. And clearly, there is a great deal of cyber snooping going on. It emanates from a number of different places, China included: Ukraine, Nigeria--we can go through the laundry list. But we have to do more to protect ourselves. I want to thank the gentlemen from Pennsylvania, Mr. Doyle and Mr. Murphy, for bringing this amendment forward. As the chairman indicated, we will work with them in a way to make this as concrete as possible as we go forward. I yield back the balance of my time.”