I think the JCDC will significantly improve the ability of the public-private sectors to collaborate on cyber defense efforts.

It is exactly the type of thing we need to do to get out ahead of cyber vulnerabilities.

I commend you for initiating this work.

I do also want to commend you and thank you for your work on this Cyberspace Solarium Commission.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act. Last month, I hosted a townhall with the National Foster Youth Institute for current and former…

I think your framework to describe the interaction between natural hazards and social forces really hits the nail on the head.

In August I reintroduced what I call the Ready For Disaster Act, which would establish a network of centers to provide training in technical systems to State and local governments.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have been on and off the hearing, so in between the meeting, so I thank you and the other Members for hosting the hearing.

That is completely and utterly unacceptable, and I call upon USCIS to address this shortcoming immediately.

I think it is important for us now that we are having a larger number of children out, it is important that we have to think of after-school programs that will specifically address this need.

I certainly hope so. It is a vital mission.

How is the Department supporting and empowering CISA to ensure it can bring on the cybersecurity talent it needs?

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I commend the chairman for his strong leadership on cybersecurity issues and in support of this act before us today. This bill, the House companion of which I sponsored with Representatives Matsui…

we have failed in that mission.

How can we better train and equip partner forces?

I want to begin also by thanking you for your work on cybersecurity at TSA, specifically for your release of two pipeline security directives in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline incident.

How will we keep our country safe?

In my view all TSA is doing by shrouding its cybersecurity directives in secrecy is denying itself the benefit and the ability to improve these directives through the feedback of the largest cybersecurity community.

I was unavoidably detained and could not vote on amendment 435 by Representative Torres for H.R. 4350. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 292. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Rhode Island has 3 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 2 minutes remaining.

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).

Let me just say that when the Secretary of Defense deems it vital to the national security interests of the United States, this would give that authority to grant this special pathway to the Secretary to make that determination. A special…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of title LX the following: SEC. ___. ADMISSION OF ESSENTIAL SCIENTISTS AND TECHNICAL…

I have no further speakers so I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I also thank minority staff, Sarah Moxley. Our clerk, Caroline Kehrli, is departing the subcommittee, and her work has been incredibly invaluable. My legislative director, Caroline Goodson, and military fellow, Juliann Hitt, also made…