I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I would like to thank Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, Chairman Thornberry, and the members of the committee, as well as the staff, for their efforts in crafting this year's bipartisan National…

On rollcall vote No. 250, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

Today's debate is about priorities. The Republican reconciliation bill provides a stark contrast between the measures Democrats know are necessary to get our fiscal house in order--creating jobs and encouraging investments, and those that…

Democrats are committed to reducing the deficit in a balanced way. In contrast, Republicans will bring up a bill this week that breaks our bipartisan agreement, erasing the hard work on both sides to reach compromise. This was the…

I'd like to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding, and for his outstanding leadership on this issue and so many other issues in education. Mr. Speaker, we obviously absolutely cannot allow the interest rate on student loans…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I'm pleased to rise today in strong support of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act offered by my good friend and colleague, the cochair of the Cybersecurity Caucus, Mr. McCaul. The gentleman…

I thank the chairman of the Intelligence Committee for his thoughts. I respectfully disagree. The word ``utilities'' is important, but I believe ``critical infrastructure,'' out of an abundance of caution, is a better term than…

I thank the gentleman for that. In that spirit, I'd like to encourage the gentleman to continue in this open and bipartisan fashion. I'd like to ask if you would be interested in working together on such subsequent legislation, along with…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of H.R. 3523, and I want to thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger for a bipartisan and inclusive process on an extremely difficult and technical issue…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 13, strike ``Utilities'' and insert ``Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators''. Page 2…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise to engage in a colloquy with my colleague and friend, the chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mr. Issa. I'd first like to thank the chairman for his hard…

I thank the gentleman for the additional time. I have long maintained that we must also move forward on legislation that establishes minimum standards for the cybersystems that govern our critical infrastructure, particularly the electric…

Again, I thank the chairman of the Intelligence Committee for his thoughts. I want to be very clear that this term substituting ``critical infrastructure'' for ``utilities'' does not lend to regulating critical infrastructure. It just…

I thank the gentleman for that, and I look forward to working with my good friend to ensure that our Federal Government is properly addressing this critically important issue.

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished chairman on the Department of Homeland Security Committee, the gentleman from California (Mr. Daniel E. Lungren).

The bill that we are considering today creates a voluntary information-sharing network, which could provide owners and operators of critical infrastructure with valuable threat information that would help them to secure their networks from…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 2 will not be…

I think that further delay to the Ohio replacement, for example, will jeopardize our collateral work with the U.K., for example, and I think that would be a mistake.

Thank you for the work you are doing.

The DOE received $5.1 billion for Defense Environmental Cleanup through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Thank you for your great service to our country.

What effect might such a move have on both your workforces and your supplier base, particularly lower-tier suppliers?

Could you both please comment on the impact of the potential Virginia class boat shift from FY14 to FY18 on the efficiencies that we have gained by shifting to a two-per-year procurement rate?

How does the 2-year push of the Ohio Replacement program affect your engineering and design workforce?

Mr. Langevin. How does the 2-year push of the Ohio Replacement program affect your engineering and design workforce?