Jim Langevin

I know everyone is on a tight time schedule, but I thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) for staying and contributing his thoughts and his support to this effort. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr…

Last winter we learned of a report out of the DOD that stated that $125 billion could be saved over the course of 5 years by attending to waste within the Department.

In the 1940s and 1950s, almost 40 combat aircraft were competed and awarded, invigorating the industrial base.

Well, certainly I know that we are moving in the direction of being able to audit the Department.

I think there are certainly valuable lessons that can be learned from it.

How do we transform the military-industrial policy complex to restore our advantage in the timeline it takes to field new technologies?

In my view, before we make additional acquisition reforms we should see if last year's changes are effective because, frankly, it seems as if current changes may be overwhelming the system.

Space-based technology have the opportunity to help us out in some other ways.

We consider an attack on those assets as vital interests

We would see as, I believe, a red line

Cyber exploitation of our critical infrastructure is one of the greatest threats to our Nation as I see it right now

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

China has been increasingly aggressive in the South China Sea in exerting a military presence.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Until we get to that point where we are actually making security the easier path--being cyber-secure the easier path to do rather than the harder path, people just aren't going to do it.

I think we have got to incentivize and therefore push the cybersecurity industry to come up with practical solutions for small, mid-sized, and large companies.

U.S. leadership abroad in this day and age depends not only on our ability to defend ourselves from physical attack, but also from cyberattack.

Can you please discuss how the $3.4 billion for the European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) is being spent?

I certainly hope we are going to be able to address that, and certainly doing away with sequestration would help quite a bit.

Earlier this year, General Allyn told us that we are outranged, outgunned, and outdated in terms of our equipment.

The United States is not a nation that will disregard the law or compromise basic values.

U.S. information operations require what I believe is a whole-of-government approach.

I believe that real-time, machine-to-machine sharing can make a real difference in protecting our networks.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding this hearing.

These investments deserve our continued support and we must work tirelessly to ensure that the Department of Defense resourced appropriately to defend against adversarial threats.