I sympathize with my fellow panelist's comment that it becomes very, very scary if a government agency can take an action that would alter the controls of the power grid, because it is just a scary thought.

Since then, threats to our critical infrastructure have only grown, with news reports suggesting that there is interest by malicious actors in exploiting vulnerabilities in the U.S. power grid and other critical infrastructure.

The threat is increasing in scope and scale, and its impact is difficult to overstate.

Section 8: ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be…

I want to thank the chairman for yielding and congratulate him for his outstanding work on this important intelligence authorization bill. It has been my privilege to work on the committee now for 4 years. Let me just say, Madam Speaker…

I thank both the gentleman and the gentlelady for yielding time on this very important issue. I am very grateful. I do rise in strong support of this rule for consideration of H.R. 4213, the Restoration of Emergency Unemployment…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I rise in strong support of this rule and the underlying legislation that provides relief to small businesses by expanding lending opportunities and offering tax incentives to help them grow. Small…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 5026, legislation to protect our national electric grid system. I would particularly like to thank Chairman Markey for his outstanding leadership and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5136, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. This is a strong, bipartisan bill; and as chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the Watson-Langevin amendment. I am happy to be working with Chairwoman Watson to join strong cybersecurity authorities with important updates to our federal information…

The bill also requires operationally realistic testing of missile defense systems. It makes deployment of missile defenses in Europe contingent on such testing, as well as host nation ratification of any deployments on European soil. I am…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I want to echo the concerns and the words of my colleagues who have spoken on this issue of financial reform and the outrageous financial business practices that have been taking place on Wall…