"Thank you so much, Madam Chairwoman, and thank you for elevating this issue to the full committee level."
"The fact that it took 12 years to update FISMA, you know, and another seven years to have a hearing about it, I don't think speaks well about the legislative branch and the priorities we put on inform..."
"We cannot engage in magical thinking. There's a difference between what we want and the reality we face."
"I think you're thinking about this in the right way. It's about productivity. It's about employee diversification. It's about employee success."
"I do think it's a tool, as Mr. Thomas indicated from NARFE, in a much larger challenge that we face, the Federal Government."
"The President does not have unbridled power. He or she is not a king or a queen."
"I completely--I mean, metrics are key to measuring effectiveness, fraud, you name it."
"I would not make any apology for Congress asserting its right to limit executive politicization of the H.R. agency of the Federal Government."
"The bipartisan infrastructure bill...provides more than $1 billion of vital investments that will assist both private and public entities affected by major cyber events."
"I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today about the steps the Biden administration has taken to combat ransomware attacks."
"I find the word 'chutzpah' is appropriate at this moment, given the fact that our Republican friends for four long years resisted any meaningful oversight of the Trump years."