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.

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.

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.

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…

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

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

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 thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act. This bill includes a provision from the Foster Youth Financial Security Act that I introduced with…

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

While I applaud the administration's work, I think that we need to go further to raise awareness and work with both public and private sector partners to meet this threat. We cannot afford to continue operating with the massive digital…

Let me just say how proud I am to support the FY 2012 Intelligence Authorization Act. I appreciate the leadership of both Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger in crafting this bill. This has truly been a bipartisan effort of…

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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…

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

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

Earlier this year, I introduced legislation to strengthen the outdated Federal Information Security Management Act.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to echo his sentiments. I rise in support of my joint amendment with Congressman Cicilline to restore $337 million to the Urban Areas Security Initiative grants program, which would fund the…

I was pleased by the early attention paid to the issue of cybersecurity by the Obama administration.

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 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 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 we remain vulnerable to a cyber attack against the electric grid that could cause severe damage to our critical infrastructure, our economy, our security and even American lives.

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.