John Ratcliffe

While such an attack may not result in total annihilation, it would be a major public health and safety catastrophe.

Today's threat comes from Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, as well as the rise of ISIS.

I don't think that he has acted constitutionally.

There comes a point when something amounts to a wholesale abandonment to enforce a duly enacted constitutional law that is beyond simple prosecutorial discretion.

It is a fiction to say that we are not enforcing the law.

The stakes were immense. Yet, the cybersecurity efforts were pathetic.

To put it into perspective, OPM was responsible for safeguarding extremely sensitive data-personnel files and security clearance information for tens of millions of Federal employees--yet OPM's efforts to secure its network were laughable.

We need to know who in this administration is really in charge and who is truly responsible for securing our Federal Government's civilian information systems.

In my opinion, this could be classified as cybersecurity malpractice.

The magnitude of the latest breach at the Office of Personnel Management, or OPM, and the impact that it will have on tens of millions of Americans and our National security for decades to come is simply unacceptable.

OPM was warned about its poor IT security. Yet, we still found them asleep at the switch.

In my opinion, this could be classified as a 'cybersecurity malpractice' of sorts.

I have to say, though, that it feels a little bit like the movie Groundhog Day, where the same things keep happening over and over again.

I agree with you. TSA does need to address these issues.

As Chairman McCaul noted, it has now been almost 14 years since 9/11.

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding this evening. Mr. Speaker, the most fundamental principle of our criminal justice system is that we are innocent until proven guilty. Operation Choke Point turns that most sacred tenet…

I think it has been a very good hearing and discussion about many of the inequities that our current tax system has that is frankly resulting in taxation without representation.

I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the majority whip.

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 29, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,700,000)''. Page 37, line 15, after the…

I thank Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz for their hard work in crafting this bill. Mr. Chairman, in this fiscal environment, we have to be better stewards of taxpayer dollars, and we have to scrutinize every program…

How much time is remaining on both sides? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 30 seconds remaining. The gentlewoman from Florida has 30 seconds remaining.

My constituents sent me to Washington to cut wasteful spending. The Open World program is one of many, many programs that have the same purpose throughout the Federal Government. This is a chance to cut $5 million in spending for a…

I thank the witnesses for their very insightful and thoughtful testimony today.

Unfortunately, our national dialog currently on this issue reveals a mistrust on all sides of the issue.

I think that is a proper role for Congress, advisory oversight a little bit.