Congress must utilize rigorous oversight to ensure that DHS is fulfilling its mission to better protect our networks.
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.
We can't leave the American people, the American economy, and our critical infrastructure to fend for itself.
I would ask that we would open with a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims and their families.
the bottom line is, I think, that if China wants to be taken serious as a leading economy, then these issues need to be addressed or remediated.
the trends that we've seen with respect to China enforcing its antitrust laws to advance its own industrial policies are troubling, to say the least.
it's difficult to imagine China having a truly objective antitrust law when the very text of that law states that its purpose is to promote a socialist market economy.
Over the course of the last years, you know, we have had hearings on this committee on security breaches caused by improper screening of employees of airports and airlines and vendors.
Clearly, the administration, by not finalizing this plan doesn't seem to be taking cyber incident response planning seriously.
It is important that we spend as much time and energy thinking about the solutions that secure Americans as we do on the examination of the dangers.
Congress has to restore faith and trust in an agency that is doing targeting of any type of American.
We know that the IG has confirmed that. And a problem here is the IRS went after and targeted select groups of Americans because of their political beliefs.





