Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the conference report to accompany H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. I have served with Ranking Member Mac Thornberry for nearly 20 years, and I thank him for his service to the Nation and for his bipartisan leadership. Mac, it has been an honor, and you will be missed. I congratulate my colleagues, particularly Chairman Adam Smith, for his leadership in crafting the National Defense Authorization Act for the 60th consecutive year. The portions of the NDAA under my purview provide direction and oversight for Special Operations Forces and the defense intelligence enterprise. The bill supports scientists and funds STEM programs that will diversify our workforce. It also advances several policy priorities in artificial intelligence and cyberspace, including 27 recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission on which I serve. Among the most important, notably, this bill establishes a long- overdue provision that I authored, the Senate-confirmed national cyber director within the Executive Office of the President. The national cyber director will be the singular point of strategy development and implementation and will provide vital coordination to keep us safe in cyberspace. This bill also funds two Virginia-class submarines and the first Columbia-class submarine.…”