John Ratcliffe
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John Ratcliffe is a Republican politician from Texas who served as the Director of National Intelligence from May 2020 to January 2021. He was previously a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Texas's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2020. During his time in Congress, Ratcliffe was known for his strong support of President Donald Trump and his focus on national security and intelligence issues. He played a prominent role in various investigations related to the Trump administration and was a vocal critic of the impeachment proceedings against Trump.
This hearing illustrates my commitment to bringing a necessary focus to cybersecurity in the aviation sector.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year, the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security released a report on the cybersecurity risks faced by Federal agencies…
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my friends across the aisle, Ranking Member Thompson and Congressman Langevin, for their support of this bill. I would like to thank the ranking member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6443) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a continuous diagnostics and mitigation program at the…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to…
Now is the time to hold the agency leadership responsible for failures and to rapidly address these known cybersecurity risks.
I want to thank Chairman Ratcliffe for holding today's hearing on the Federal Cybersecurity Risk Determination Report and Action Plan.
We have authorized and funded programs to defend our Federal networks and this subcommittee has performed rigorous oversight over many of them, this Congress.
The risk assessments performed by these agencies showed that a lack of threat information results in ineffective allocations of limited cyber resources.





