Well, let me thank the witnesses for your expertise and for appearing here today.

I believe this is the third time we have introduced this. Hopefully, the third time is a charm and we will get this important legislation passed.

I have worked very closely with my good friend Congressman Lipinski to bolster our Nation's cybersecurity research and development.

Americans deserve better protection and the federal government can help make sensitive information more secure.

Whether it is criminal, whether it is espionage, or whether it cyber warfare, we cannot afford to wait any longer.

I thank the Chairman.

DHS needs a single strategic document which subordinate agencies can follow and make sure the strategy is effectively and efficiently implemented.

In closing, I would like to reiterate what we said at our last organizational meeting that Mr. Thompson, the Ranking Member, we look forward to working with you in a bipartisan way to accomplish our shared goal of protecting the homeland.

The United States will not accept a Palestinian Government that includes Hamas.

An emergency meeting was held and a cable sent out on August 16 by the Ambassador himself, warning what could happen. And this cable went unnoticed by your office. That is the bottom line.

I certainly hope so. I think when you have a United States Ambassador personally warning about the situation over there, sending this cable to your office.

I was one of a handful of Republicans to vote to support the President's position in Libya.