Ranking Member Sanchez and I spoke earlier, and we agreed that the system is broken.

This level of intrusion into the perimeter of a highly secure nuclear weapons facility is unprecedented--and it is completely unacceptable.

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today we have the opportunity to talk about our vision for the future and the path our country must set upon in order to remain competitive in the global economy and also…

I don't think any of us should be deceived into thinking that this is some new idea, that this was some new problem that was discovered during the Obama administration and addressed during the Obama administration for the first time.

My final question is, why does the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty matter?

Would that progress have been achieved but for President Obama's commitment--expressed commitment to global nuclear zero, to the greater progress towards nuclear disarmament? I don't believe so.

President Obama's pragmatic approach...has yielded numerous benefits, including Russian logistical support for the U.S. mission and troops in Afghanistan.

Do we have stronger multilateral sanctions on Iran now than we did in 2008? Has the U.S. contribution to the reset with Russia contributed to this effort?

Russia clearly is an important partner on a range of critical security issues.

Do you think it would have been better to have New START and Russia's cooperation on not selling S-300 missiles to Iran, or would we be better off without New START and S-300 surface-to-air missiles in Iran?

There is no more critical task in today's environment than safeguarding the Department of Defense's networks.

The value of red-teaming--threat emulation--was proven perhaps most clearly in the Vietnam War with the establishment of Top Gun.

Could each of you explain the Command and Control Relationships between your respective Service Cyber Components and CYBERCOM, regional combatant commanders, and other command structures?

I hope today we'll hear your thoughts on what sorts of additional authorities you may need.

The Congress, and the country has a whole, has been struggling with what cybersecurity means to us as a nation.

Do you believe that you need additional authority to undertake your current mission sets?

I would point out that gap that exists between the authorities we have to protect our critical infrastructure onboard our bases and the critical infrastructure that exists out in our local communities that yet support our bases.

We all know that we are facing significant fiscal challenges in the coming years.

This is, I believe, the fundamental challenge that faces us.

I know your commitment to the issue of cybersecurity. And I enjoy working with you and appreciate your organizing this hearing today.

Clearly, if people know that these are promotable skills and we can move them up the chain, they can have a place within your--they are in for the long haul, they are more likely to stay.

The root strength of our military is the quality of our people, and nowhere is that more true than in your organizations.

obviously, we are challenged nationally in terms of the number of people that we have that can go into this field, and the STEM fields, we have to do a better job at encouraging kids to go into science, technology, engineering and…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. I would like to thank Ranking Member Grijalva and Chairman Bishop and their staffs for working to bring this bill to the committee and to the floor today. I would like to thank my good friend…

I rise to engage in a colloquy with my colleagues and good friends, a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Mr. Frelinghuysen, and the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Dicks. First of all, I'd like to thank the…