Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Maryland, the distinguished ranking member. I want to thank Chairman Issa and appreciate the work of him and the ranking member, Mr. Cummings, and their staff on this legislation, which I think is a thoughtful, bipartisan update to an information security bill actually written by my predecessor and the chairman's, Tom Davis of Virginia. The FISMA Amendments Act transitions from compliance to performance metrics to address major shortcomings in Federal agency cybersecurity implementation. Of course, when considering the performance of Federal agencies, it's a natural extension to question the relationship between the executive branch and those agencies and the relationship among technology and cybersecurity-related positions within the executive branch. I appreciate President Obama's focus on technology, particularly the chief information officer's 25-point plan, but I'm concerned that the current ad hoc nature of the CIO, CTO, and Cybersecurity coordinator could create certain risk and continuity of operations challenges when we look out to further administrations. I would ask Chairman Issa if he shares those concerns. I yield to the gentleman from California.”