Jim Langevin

The value of our American power projection lies in our diverse and flexible abilities beyond traditional warfighting domains.

Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today.

I commend the Navy for being very forward leaning on things like directed energy.

I just don't want us to, you know, let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

We can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

To begin to repair the damage that has been done to readiness, and to build the capacity needed for today's dangerous world, we believe that $640 billion is required for fiscal year 2018.

The administration's budget proposal for defense is not enough to do what the President said he wants to do.

I support the President's commitment to rebuilding the military. However, I am concerned that the current budget request does not go far enough.

Last year, Congress passed legislation establishing U.S. Cyber Command as its own unified combatant command.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And welcome, Admiral Rogers. I want to thank you for testifying before us today.

The Persistent Training Environment is key to a ready force.

The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act also formalized the relationship between the Principal Cyber Advisor and CYBERCOM to establish a service-like secretary.

But also we have robust cyber threat information sharing, for example, with the Israelis.

Last year, Congress passed legislation establishing U.S. Cyber Command as its own unified combatant command.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And welcome, Admiral Rogers. I want to thank you for testifying before us today.

You have spoken publicly about the Navy's concept for a network of armed nodes that require the adversary to deal with the entire system, not just a single ship or surface action group, not just one carrier strike group, or not just one…

Today I introduced the PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness Act, a bill to relieve the burden of student loan debt on parents whose children become permanently disabled. While most student loans are forgiven if a student becomes totally and…

Thank you, Chairwoman Stefanik.

I look forward to their concrete recommendations for improving DOD's IT posture in an expeditious manner.

I will also acknowledge that Congress, in an attempt to be helpful, has taken action that has seemingly had the opposite effect.

Management and acquisition of information technology at the Department of Defense is one of the most challenging and pressing DOD organizational and administrative issues facing us today.

I fear that employing similar actions without broader, more strategic goals in place may have disastrous effects.

I am proud to yield now to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Foster).

I thank the gentleman from New York for his comments and for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ferguson). The gentleman from Rhode Island has…

I thank Congressman Cicilline from Rhode Island for his comments and also for his partnership in helping to support the arts and humanities back home in Rhode Island and in our country as a whole. As the gentleman said, we have a special…