Jim Langevin

This is obviously a vitally important platform, and we need to do everything we need to do to protect that program and keep it strong.

I have deep reservations about the proposed shift of Virginia class submarine from the fiscal year 2014 out--to outside the FYDP.

Our Nation sits at a crucial moment, where cyber attacks are common but have not yet significantly impacted or endangered the American way of life. We have the opportunity to improve prevention and response to cybersecurity threats, but we…

According to the May 2010 Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan Status Report, the Air Force noted that its Statement of Budgetary Resources audit readiness will be dependent on the deployment of several enterprise resource…

How does the Department conduct budgetary oversight of highly classified programs and what will you do to ensure that they do not become black holes on the balance sheets?

Secretary Hale, thank you for appearing before us today.

Cyber space, cyber security is an issue that obviously is growing in importance and presents unique opportunities, but also great challenges to our Nation and our Nation's military.

The Internet obviously has changed the world in so many ways, not the least of which is our Nation's sense of use it in the military and how it has affected modern warfare.

One of those is, obviously, our fiscal security. Right now, obviously, the Nation is challenged in that we have a weak economy, and we have exceptionally high budget deficits.

We shouldn't let the term 'irregular warfare' confuse us. It is not an obscure challenge understood and practiced by a few specialists; rather it is becoming the norm for our country.

With respect to the nuclear area, sir, I would make a personal appeal, and that is that this committee needs to influence the thinking of another jurisdiction, in Energy and Water, with respect to, in particular, the renovation of the B61…

Our nuclear deterrent, obviously, must remain credible while we are simultaneously looking to components of our arsenal where we can save revenue.

Obviously, diplomacy, information, our military power, our economic power, these are all vitally important to our national security.

We face particular challenges there, and we haven't quite gotten our arms around what those challenges are and how do we best guard against that threat.

I am increasingly aware of and to a degree concerned that the lines between those two authorities are becoming blurred as they relate to our military SOF capabilities.

All of us in the room, and in fact the Nation, owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the men and women who serve with you in SOCOM.

I would also point out to you that, obviously, under President Obama's administration, we have created the new Cyber Command.

I thank the ranking member. I want to commend the gentleman for sponsoring this amendment and for his work on the broader bill. This is the right thing to do, to defeat the broader bill here and bring a bill to the floor that really…

Earlier this year, I introduced legislation to strengthen the outdated Federal Information Security Management Act.

I deeply appreciate the time and attention you and this committee have paid to this issue.

The issue of cybersecurity is not a partisan one and I am glad that the chairman agrees with that.

I would like to see the approach that we are taking here, addressing the challenges to the bulk power system broadened to include other areas of critical infrastructure.

I believe that the Senate is moving in the direction of resolving those issues, and I am hopeful that now that the White House has come out with its guidance on their views on cybersecurity going forward that that will clear some of the…

I was fortunate to get an amendment included in the House Armed Services defense authorization bill last year that would have established a White House Office on Cybersecurity with a director's position that would have been Senate…

I certainly look forward to working with the Energy and Commerce Committee and to supporting your efforts to raise awareness about securing our critical infrastructure and protecting our citizens from cyber attack.