A grateful Nation thanks you for the sacrifice of your children, the service of your children, and the sacrifice of your families.

I am also very pleased and privileged to be able to share the responsibility of this committee with the Ranking Minority Member, the gentlelady from New York, Ms. Clarke.

I know that you and I have had numerous conversations.

The disaster at West illustrates the level of harm that our communities can suffer when something at even a small facility holding hazardous chemicals goes wrong.

We must understand what the Department is doing to correct this serious shortcoming.

I am pleased that the Department took these concerns to heart when they crafted the Executive Order.

there is a lot of information already out there.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. We look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure that America's chemical facilities are adequately protected against terrorist attack.

The Department of Homeland Security plays a crucial role in preventing cyber attacks on our Governmental and critical infrastructure key resources.

staying even is the new staying ahead; that was a good result.

Indeed, we must make clear that the purpose of sharing information is to prevent a cyber attack and nothing else.