Political Quotes

“I think we have--we never saw the amendment, and it is really pretty tough to really--but just looking at it quickly, I think we are at a record level for cyber, ever, in the history of this great body. The gentleman has a good point. He takes away from aeronautics, and aeronautics is our number one export, if we were not exporting even aircraft from the gentleman's home State, our balance of payment, so to take away from aeronautics, when we have plussed up aeronautics, so America can continue to be number one, and put it in an area that is ill-defined. Secondly, we have given more for cyber than any other time--cyber money in NIST, cyber money in the FBI, national security business, cyber money in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Criminal Division; so, because of that, I would urge a ``no'' vote. Cyber is important. Every major company in this country has been hit by the Chinese Government. Law firms in this town are being hit by the Chinese Government. Seventeen Members of Congress had their computers stripped by the Chinese Government. A committee had their computers stripped by the Chinese Government. So I think we should focus the cyber where we have it and not go after aeronautics. Because of that, I think the gentleman is well- intentioned. Obviously, Boeing has been hit, but Boeing is better served by what we are doing with regard to aiding the FBI to deal with this and the U.S. attorney.…”