I can honestly say that working on a report was one of the highlights of my Congressional career

the commission calls for reinvigorating civics education to help Americans rediscover our shared values

Thank you for your leadership on the Solarium Commission. Both you and Senator King made a great team in co-chairing the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.

We need to act, and act now, to change that dynamic and get ahead of the curve.

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission report cannot fix all of the challenges that we face in cyber space. But it does chart a bold course, and it does not shy away from the trade-offs we will need to make to decisively improve our…

I have come to the conclusion that we need a strong position along the lines of a National Cyber Director.

I see the extraordinary work that General Nakasone and his team are doing at U.S. Cyber Command.

I would argue that both the coronavirus pandemic and a significant cyber-attack require a whole of nation response effort.

We want to make sure that with respect to a cyber incident that we are both having someone that thinks about this in terms of pre-planning.

It is essential because cybersecurity permeates every aspect of our society and every aspect of our Government.

I support, for example, the administration's new guidance on cyber, NSPM-13, so we are more forward leaning.

I reject that cynical view. I believe that if we come together in a nonpartisan fashion to implement the Solarium Commission recommendations, we can alter the trend that sees our cyber risk grow year after year.

It is time we seize the initiative. It is time we set the agenda, pushing back on our competitors and shaping their behavior by improving our resilience and in strengthening the cyber ecosystem.

Prevention is far cheaper and pre-established relationships far more effective than a strategy based solely on detection and response.

I think he sold the President a bill of goods by eliminating the position. I think he did a disservice to the President.

If I could ask unanimous consent that a letter of endorsement of the National Cyber Director by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce be added into the record?

This position has to cover all of the aspects of cybersecurity and not just some of them.

John Bolton was the first person really in an administration to take us backward when he eliminated the cybersecurity coordinator position.

I certainly feel that that is the most effective way to both prevent and also respond to a cyber incident of significant consequence.

It would be very easy to get something wrong and to end up with something that does take up bureaucratic bandwidth.

The guarantee of coverage for preexisting conditions is vital. It is probably the most important aspect of ObamaCare and the expansion of Medicaid.

We want people to get tested.

We have got to make sure that we maintain our Medicaid coverage.

People should be able to get health care. They should be able to get treated.

I want to thank you for attending today's hearing and for accommodating to the new format of these hearings.