I am pleased to see the emphasis on cybersecurity in each of your testimony.

I have been very concerned over time about the capabilities of our bases here in the United States to withstand a cyber attack directed against outside supporting infrastructure such as the electric grid.

How has EUCOM's cyber threat environment changed over the past year, and where do you see it going in the near term?

If we could go back to the issue of cyber. And to the panel, what do we need to change to ensure that we are better able to identify and mitigate risks in cyber domain?

I continue to be concerned about the overall strength and size of the nation's cybersecurity workforce.

I have long maintained, as you probably know, a strong interest in mitigating vulnerabilities in cyberspace.

Ranking Member Sanchez and I have agreed to take a hard look at these issues over the next few months.

It is going to take leadership, both within the Administration and up here on Capitol Hill--as well as a consensus on why NNSA's mission is so important.

I firmly believe America is still dangerously vulnerable to a cyber attack against our networks in general and our electric grid in particular.

A number of employees including the unions who provided testimony to the NAS panel, and at least one former lab director, have expressed concern that the private for-profit model is harming the labs in that many senior scientists have…

Has the privatization of the labs contributed to the loss of senior personnel?

I would like to say that, alone, simply moving boxes on an organizational chart isn't going to solve these problems.