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…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by thanking Chairman Thornberry, Ranking Member Smith, Chairman McCain, Ranking Member Reed, Senator Inhofe, and their staff for their tireless work in producing this…

As co-chair of the bipartisan Career and Technical Education Caucus, I am proud to rise in strong support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. This important bill…

An assistant to the President for cyberspace, who directs and is supported by a new office in the EOP--the National Office of Cyberspace.

I remember what happened when a Secretary of Defense Ash Carter started taking a deeper interest in this topic...

Because cybersecurity requires coordination of activities across agencies, the White House is the best place to locate this function.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 68, line 20, after the…

I am grateful for the chairman's comments, and I hope we can, as the gentleman said, work together on this, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, I withdraw the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn…

On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller handed down the most significant hacking indictment targeting a foreign power in history. Director Mueller alleges that 12 Russian military officers were responsible for breaking into political…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 209 (page 27, after line 7) add the following: (f) Addition of Rhode Island to the…

Today I offer an amendment with immense importance to Rhode Island fishermen. My amendment would provide voting representation for Rhode Island on the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, which regulates numerous species found in the…

Once again, I would point out to my friend, whom I have deep respect for, that there is precedent for such a change. In 1996, we amended fisheries law to ensure that North Carolina could, in fact, sit on two regional fisheries councils, so…

I want to point out to the Chairman that the bipartisan PAPER Act that I have introduced with Congressman Mark Meadows contains provisions that will require these kinds of assessments.

Secretary Gorbea has helped position the Ocean State as a leader in election security.

I appreciate the on-going relationship and work that you and I have done together, and discussions we have had on election and cybersecurity, in particular election security.

Thank you, Chairwoman Stefanik. And thank you to our witnesses for being here today. I look forward to hearing your testimony.

I want to thank you and Ranking Member Thompson for reaching out to me to facilitate inviting Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea here to the committee for--to hear her testimony and the progress she has made in securing…

cybersecurity is not a destination; it is a continuous process of assessment, improvement of our systems, and mitigation of risk.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 32, line 23, after the…

I spoke a little bit earlier on the cyber scholarship program, so I reserve the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $50,000,000) (increased by $50,000,000)''…

I thank the gentlewoman for her support and her work, along with Ranking Member Visclosky's work on the Defense Appropriations bill, and in particular their support of the Assurance Cyber Scholarship. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to thank the ranking member for his work on this Defense Appropriations bill as well as Congresswoman Granger. In particular, I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Courtney, for his tireless work…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $33,000,000)''. Page 31, line 18, after the…

I would remind my colleagues this is a bipartisan amendment. I encourage my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.