I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the National Defense Authorization Act. I commend Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers for their bipartisan cooperation in bringing the bill to the floor. I…

I am a bit concerned about the gap I see between the amount of information CISA needs to meaningfully improve the cybersecurity of our critical infrastructure sectors and the amount of information that CISA would receive would--only to be…

I applaud those efforts. That is why I am also a big fan of the cyber core program.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the en bloc package which includes my amendment, Langevin No. 129, to the Financial Services and General Government Division. I would like to begin by thanking…

This morning, I had the privilege of joining President Biden at the White House to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This landmark civil rights law has drastically improved the lives of people with…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 2382. As the author of the National Cyber Director Act, I commend Senators Portman and Peters for offering this important legislation to clarify the…

We want to be prioritizing as many dollars as possible to our capabilities and not to rebuilding things that we could have protected.

The Department is moving forward on a number of key concepts that will be vital for competing with a peer competitor.

This plan would address changing energy demands, installation resilience, and the resilience of strategic assets.

We are stronger when we have varied and different points of view and backgrounds that we can bring to the table.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in support of the INVEST in America Act, which will help rebuild America's infrastructure. I especially rise today in strong support of my amendment and other disability…

I take you up on that offer. I look forward to working with you on that and many other issues.

The subcommittee will come to order. So I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing on the Department of Defense information technology, cybersecurity, and information assurance.

There was a 2019 GAO report entitled, and I quote, the title of it was, 'FEMA Action Needed to Better Support Individuals Who Are Older or Have Disabilities.'

Since this subcommittee was formed at the start of the 117th Congress, our members have been eager and encouraged to see the Department of Defense approach its information technologies with a prioritization that has been lacking in the…

I want to thank you for being here today and for making integrated equity into everything FEMA does one of your first priorities.

Of the many lessons from the pandemic, we have seen clearly that technology can revolutionize how we conduct our business, whether that is in Congress, or in the Department of Defense.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Today, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Fifty-four years ago, Congress passed the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. This law prohibits…

I think it is a mistake to be abandoning railgun.

I want to thank you for the important work that you are doing leading the Department of Homeland Security.

Where are you making these investments?

I just want to say, I think that that decision from the last administration should be reevaluated.

I'm really pleased that both the Columbia- and Virginia-class submarine programs received full funding.

We need to focus heavily on a workforce development especially where we have significant gaps.

The President's budget request included an additional $700 million for the Columbia above the expected fiscal year 2021 estimates due to an updated cost estimate assessment and a program evaluation review.