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.

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

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.

As co-chair of the Congressional Foster Youth Caucus, I rise in recognition of National Foster Care Month and in honor of the remarkable foster youth alumnus that I am fortunate to host this week: Kennath Forsyth-Sears. Kennath hails from…

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…

Thank you, Chairwoman Stefanik.

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…

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

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

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

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 thank the gentleman from Illinois for his great comments and for his participation here today. It is very deeply impactful, and I am grateful. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from…

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

I thank the gentlewoman for her presence here today but, most especially, for her outstanding words and participation in this effort. Thank you for what you have contributed here today, your wonderful perspective. I hope it catches the…

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…

Like my colleagues, I too have stories of the impact that the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities have back home, and some of these stories are small and deeply personal. I would like to thank the wonderful leaders of the…

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…

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…

I thank the gentleman for his outstanding comments, his insights, and his leadership on the arts and humanities issues. As co-chair of the Humanities Caucus here in the Congress, I appreciate his efforts in helping me organize and colead…

Yesterday, dozens of Syrians suffered yet again at the hands of Bashar al-Assad when he employed chemical weapons in an attack that left children gasping for air and suffering in the middle of the streets. In the deadliest chemical attack…

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.

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.