The Guard is and will remain a critical pathway for the DOD to access expertise that it otherwise, frankly, could not afford.
Jim Langevin
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James R. Langevin is a former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, serving from January 3, 2001, to January 15, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Langevin was the first quadriplegic to serve in the U.S. Congress, having been injured in a shooting accident at the age of 16. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as cybersecurity, disability rights, and health care. Langevin served on several committees, including the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on Education and Labor.
I have felt similar for quite some time and have had legislation in for years now calling for a director's position in the Executive Office of the President that has both policy and budgetary authority to reach across government to compel…
Thank you to our witnesses for appearing before us today on the Department of Defense's new Cyber Strategy released in April 2015.
Before I begin my remarks, it is my pleasure to yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished minority whip.
I have great respect for their point of view, and I certainly believe that incentives are an avenue that we should explore.
I fully agree that organizations, public and private, must do a better job adopting cybersecurity best practices.
It is also abundantly clear that network administrators are not currently employing best practices.
We have to invest in these types of efforts because if we are silent, then the only message they hear is the radical ones.
It is foreseeable that once certain resources have been depleted the scene will be set for new wars.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 61, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,625,000)''. Page 62, lines 8 and 13, after each dollar…
We have to change the calculus so that our enemies or adversaries know that there is a cost to hacking our systems and stealing our data.