This is an important week for the future of American diplomacy, especially as it relates to cybersecurity. An open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet is foundational to U.S. foreign policy and national security in the 21st…

I applaud you for the work you have done under Director Easterly's leadership and Director Goldstein in standing up the Shields Up Program.

If I could for Dr. Plumb and General Guetlein, so to continue to be a global leader when it comes to new and innovative technologies, it would behoove us to think not about acquiring planes and satellites that happen to run software, but…

If you look at a lot of the systemically important entities, these are very well-resourced organizations for cybersecurity.

I am looking forward to conversation yet to come as we evolve this critical and essential work.

I want to thank you, Madam Chair, for hosting this very important hearing.

They cannot go out and collect foreign intelligence in the way that the U.S. intelligence community can.

I hope you'll have advice for us and thoughts on how we kind of make that--the training kind of uniform level of readiness among all the services so when they get to you, you know, they're at peak level and then you can take them…

I applaud everything that we are doing to put weapons in the hands of the Ukrainian people.

This evening, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1916, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act, a bill which would require health plans to cover medically necessary services related to congenital anomalies. I would like to share the story of…

And I certainly admire your dedication to both your mission and your people.

I've seen cybersecurity and cyber issues move from the periphery to the center of national security.

Today, cyber is part of nearly every issue that we deal with in national security.

We have to standardize tour lengths. We need to standardize Active Duty service obligations.

I remain concerned about this structure, and I think that is something we are going to have to continue to look at.

We no longer have to debate whether we will fight wars in cyberspace.

Today I rise to honor the legacy of my good friend and colleague, Congressman Don Young from Alaska, who sadly passed away the evening of March 18. Don was an inspirational man who served the people of Alaska in the House of…

I also think it is critical to raise awareness of the security resources that are available for Black institutions at this time of increased racially-motivated violence.

I am glad that we're having this hearing today.

I want to say good morning to our witnesses. Thank you for your very poignant, very insightful, and important testimony today.

Over the last week, we have seen an uptick in Chinese aggression against Taiwan, as much as the world has had its eyes on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Good. Well, you are going to have substantial support from the Hill to upgrade that infrastructure given the fact that we are behind right now on developing hypersonic weapons.

the only other thing I would add is the assumption in elections that we shouldn't be reliant on the performance of or security of the software and hardware counting the votes, which is why paper ballots and post-election audits are so…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the National Defense Authorization Act. I begin by congratulating and thanking Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers, as well as my counterparts on the…

I commend Director Easterly for her vision in wanting to create this along with the rest of the team.