Jay Rockefeller: “I commend the President for deeming cybersecurity a top priority and recently naming Howard Schmidt...”

Creating this program has been one of the most meaningful things I have done in my career in public service.

We simply cannot afford to take this major step backwards and jeopardize the future of generations by allowing CHIP to expire.

Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.

If we keep the Senate, if we do not keep the Senate, that will have its affect.