"I certainly feel that that is the most effective way to both prevent and also respond to a cyber incident of significant consequence."
"This position has to cover all of the aspects of cybersecurity and not just some of them."
"If I could ask unanimous consent that a letter of endorsement of the National Cyber Director by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce be added into the record?"
"I have come to the conclusion that we need a strong position along the lines of a National Cyber Director."
"I see the extraordinary work that General Nakasone and his team are doing at U.S. Cyber Command."
"I support, for example, the administration's new guidance on cyber, NSPM-13, so we are more forward leaning."
"I reject that cynical view. I believe that if we come together in a nonpartisan fashion to implement the Solarium Commission recommendations, we can alter the trend that sees our cyber risk grow year ..."
"I think he sold the President a bill of goods by eliminating the position. I think he did a disservice to the President."
"We want to make sure that with respect to a cyber incident that we are both having someone that thinks about this in terms of pre-planning."
"It would be very easy to get something wrong and to end up with something that does take up bureaucratic bandwidth."
"John Bolton was the first person really in an administration to take us backward when he eliminated the cybersecurity coordinator position."