The Department is moving forward on a number of key concepts that will be vital for competing with a peer competitor.

We are stronger when we have varied and different points of view and backgrounds that we can bring to the table.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in support of the INVEST in America Act, which will help rebuild America's infrastructure. I especially rise today in strong support of my amendment and other disability…

There was a 2019 GAO report entitled, and I quote, the title of it was, 'FEMA Action Needed to Better Support Individuals Who Are Older or Have Disabilities.'

Since this subcommittee was formed at the start of the 117th Congress, our members have been eager and encouraged to see the Department of Defense approach its information technologies with a prioritization that has been lacking in the…

I want to thank you for being here today and for making integrated equity into everything FEMA does one of your first priorities.

The subcommittee will come to order. So I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing on the Department of Defense information technology, cybersecurity, and information assurance.

Of the many lessons from the pandemic, we have seen clearly that technology can revolutionize how we conduct our business, whether that is in Congress, or in the Department of Defense.

I take you up on that offer. I look forward to working with you on that and many other issues.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Today, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Fifty-four years ago, Congress passed the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. This law prohibits…

I think it is a mistake to be abandoning railgun.

Where are you making these investments?