Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in strong support of H.R. 5877, the United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016. Mr. Speaker, both this bill and the subsequent measure that we will consider today are connected, as the chairman mentioned, to a congressional delegation trip that Chairman Ratcliffe and I took to Israel earlier this year. I thank Chairman Ratcliffe for his leadership on cybersecurity and other homeland security related issues. The focus of our trip was cybersecurity, and we learned a great deal about the innovative work the Israelis are doing in this space, both within government and in the private sector. Israel was one of the first countries to recognize the potential threat posed by interconnected computer systems, and they have been leaders in cybersecurity now for decades. For instance, the first stateful firewall technology was developed by an Israeli firm. Today, these firewalls are ubiquitous across the information security landscape. {time} 1615 In fact, despite its size, Israel is the second largest exporter of cybersecurity goods and services behind only the United States. In addition to being a fertile source of public and private sector innovation in the domain, Israel is also the United States' critical strategic partner in the Middle East.…”