"CISA and earlier bills, such as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), were criticized for the potential to compromise American's privacy."
"I would prefer it as a Democrat and Republican briefing."
"I would say to my colleague that there was an initial effort in outreach to Republicans to make this a bipartisan effort, which was not accepted."
"We just want the briefing. So we have asked that you provide that to us."
"But I would reiterate that it is vitally important that we get key people appointed and in place permanently."
"I fear that the Army keeps abandoning good networks and systems in search for the perfect system, and the perfect, as we know, is hard to find, if not impossible, in the telecom world."
"I mean, I have got to go home and now explain this to constituents back home, and it just falls into the category of, you have got to be kidding me."
"It is stunning that we are so far into this--we spent so much money and we are still nowhere, it seems."
"The incident involving the USS Fitzgerald and the McCain were tragic events, and I wish we had never gotten to this point."
"There is a strong demand signal for more cybersecurity workers."
"I want to thank you for holding this hearing."