Thank you, Secretary Work. Greatly appreciate your contributions and efforts on this extraordinary report and effort.

It's why it's so important that we have international engagement and leadership on AI.

China is using American taxpayers' dollars to fund its military and economic modernization.

Good morning, everyone. I call this joint subcommittee hearing together with the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovation Technologies, and Information Systems, along with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform--National Security…

Very important. Especially as it could impact readiness and response.

If I could, the next question, for General Kehler, the People's Liberation Army considers cyber capabilities to be an integral part of strategic and nuclear deterrence.

I have long believed that if we ever get into a conflict with a China or a Russia, that that conflict will begin in cyberspace and may not go kinetic for quite some time.

With that, the subcommittee will come to order. I'd like to welcome the members who are joining today's hearing remotely.

We want to make sure that they know that they have our support and that we would support those kinds of changes.

Very good. Well, good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and good afternoon. Thank you to our witnesses here today, in particular General Kehler.

Thank you for the integrity you showed when you were director at CISA in securing elections and doing everything you can to make sure, as you said, they were the most secure in U.S. history.

I was very pleased with our final report and the findings in it, and hopefully it is going to be a great blueprint going forward for better protecting the country in cyber space.