I share your concern about the clearance process.

Election security, particularly cybersecurity, is certainly an important aspect of increasing confidence, but it is not sufficient.

Obviously this is one of the most important issues that we are facing as a country, has been securing our elections from foreign adversaries that want to try to undermine and sow discord.

Obviously public confidence and the integrity of our elections is a vital component of our democracy.

I rise as co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus to recognize February as National CTE Month. Today, my good friend and caucus co- chair, Representative Thompson, and I introduced a resolution…

Mr. Chairman, I move to adopt Committee Resolution No. 1 concerning the committee rules.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me time. I hope I won't use all 5 minutes. I first want to say I support the bill under debate right now and certainly support criminal justice reform. One of the best ways, of course, we can…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 446. ____________________

Too many students are being overlooked by our education system. These students are emergent bilinguals, a group that makes up 10 percent of the K-12 student population. In the law, we refer to them as English learners, students whose…

And I have been such a strong advocate about pushing the need for an enterprise cloud solution.

Today I rise with my good friend and fellow co-chair of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus, Mr. Thompson, to introduce the Cybersecurity Education Integration Act, a bill to develop CTE programs that include…

During the roundtable discussion I expressed serious concerns about what I perceived as a disjointed, ad hoc approach by DOD in developing Department-wide AI policies, strategies, and programs.

This year the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee has placed a significant emphasis on how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated technologies can be used to advance U.S. warfighting and deterrence…

As cochair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, I rise to recognize November as National Adoption Month. All children deserve the love and security of a forever family. Unfortunately, this is not a reality for too many children…

one of the key challenges we face with interagency cooperation is prioritization given limited resources and agencies with different mission sets.

As co-chair of the Career and Technical Education Caucus, I rise to recognize National Apprenticeship Week. In recent years, we have heard too often about the tremendous skills gap that we have in our country, where too many jobs at…

It has been collaborative and bipartisan, and I, too, look forward to continuing our working relationship.

Okay. That is something that we would need to follow up on, and I just want to get a status report.

I want to thank you and Chairman Ratcliffe for convening the joint hearing on such an important topic.

I am pleased obviously that Secretaries Mattis and Nielsen have recently signed a joint memorandum.

So I may come back to a couple questions, but I wanted to get this clarified, too.

Last week, the Justice Department unveiled the latest in a string of criminal complaints against America's cyber adversaries. The extremely detailed document lays out a damning case against Park Jin Hyok, a North Korean hacker, and the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I would like to begin by thanking my colleague, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), for his leadership on this very important issue. I am very proud to have helped shape this strong bill, and I…

Last month, President Trump stripped former CIA Director John Brennan of his security clearance. That was not done because Director Brennan posed a threat to national security. No, it was done to silence a political opponent. Mr. Speaker…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is, to be sure, outside the purview of the Committee on Homeland Security, and I believe the bill before us will materially improve the program. One other thing, I urge my colleagues to consider the…