it's obvious they didn't like him because they got him out of there, fast enough for one indiscretion about secrets. hillary clinton, there is no reason that she put a server in her basement, in fact several servers and had 13 to 16 -- that she was using when she said she had one. host: i want to get into a couple more calls. jacksonville, florida, supporting hillary clinton. caller: i support hillary clinton because i feel that she is very strong. she reminds me of that commercial. i have been trying to figure out when did so many people turn against her, because at one

time, -- they backed her up, but i think the i think the problem is, a pat on obama passes back -- obama passes back. don in pennsylvania appeared good morning. go ahead, sir. time is short. commenti just had a that we spend millions of dollars on the today and we should have moderators better up -- that are up on the facts so they can interrupt these situations. at one point,, -- donald had said in this debate in the last that he will reduce the corporate tax from 35% to 15%

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>> the event is called cybermaryland 2016. the audience is waiting to hear from admiral michael rodgers.

the commander of u.s. cyber command. morning thats this a top nsa official, the u.s. needs one cyber agency, not three, writing that the u.s. government should also consider forging stronger ties and possibly including unifying cyber defense components into a single agency. the national security passes top cyber defender said on when they that combining aspects of nsa, the of ei, and homeland security department into one cyber defense organization would give cyber to enders a clearer picture of what they are up against when government computer networks are breached and it would speed up response times here in the is paraphrasing the nsa's deputy national manager for national security systems and a speech he gave yesterday at the american enterprise institute -- "i am firmly

convinced we need to rethink how we do cyber ends as a nation here: -- nation." nsa defends against cyber attacks. in charge of defending non-national security systems and the fbi investigates aspects . michael roberts -- rogers said to speak this morning. -- set to speak this morning. [indistinct conversations]

>> we will hear from admiral michael rodgers shortly, the head of u.s. cyber command.

while we wait for that, we will bring you part of a discussion yesterday as the election gets ever closer, a discussion on election fraud, and a look at the potential hacking of voting machines. >> cheaper than the keys that open hotel minibar's. the keywhat secures that stores all of the -- this is just one of the problems. it is symptomatic that is very trivial protection for a very important problem. virginia, in use in mississippi, and pennsylvania. was by far the largest.

year,ecommissioned last it was after the state discovered they had wi-fi enabled that could not be turned off. we did not realize it could not be completely turned off. it used an encryption method, which geeks in the room will know was known to be a compromised system a few years ago. it turns out those compromises did not matter because the password on it was abc def and could not be changed. connectd out you could to it with any other windows the files. modify you needed and administer password. stateod news is the recognized the problems. when i finally looked at them,

they immediately said, oh, four got rid of them all. virginia like most states, , about 80%you said of all voters this year there sorry,ee states -- i'm five states, south carolina, new jersey, delaware, >> a little louder, i missed that. jersey, delaware, georgia, louisiana, south carolina. depending on where you live, you may or may not have a paper trail. it's great to have a paper trail but if there is no audit, it does not do any good. there are unique cases like where it isin illegal to do that.

>> this machine, you wanted to give away. >> yes. distributing to world.ities around the if you are interested in having one, let me know. they are available to a good home. >> we know at least five states are voting. let's look at whether or not voting machines are hackel today. there has been so much publicity about this system and their hack ability, have we seen any kind of progress in terms of how they are being used today, has wi-fi than disabled? have the machines been secured in a better way?

>> we are in a better state than we were in the last decade, specifically three out of four cast a -- voters will , three out of four people have some sort of record. it is a little different on the audit side. is some of the audit style that people are doing. the whole recent to do the audit is to check a computer tally against a manual tally, looking at the paper record as a way to arrive at ground troops. i would like to claim a little bit of the responsibility for the fact that the procedures around voter machines have gotten better since the last decade. the commission deserves a lot of credit, the federal agency

passed with helping local election jurisdictions run secure, robust elections. time, the testing procedures have gotten better and more sound. any computer security person will tell you testing will only give you a certain level of confidence and there will always be a way to get around it. things i am not confident about, numbered fields over the voting machines and if , youry to hack your way in have to pull that piece of tape typically, a heat gun, which anyone in a shop lab knows is all you need -- there are plenty of examples like that keys and other things like that that are not as good. littlet that we in a

rigorous about saying, please do , therer do networking was something you could do from across the streets. tanou could use a pringles -- a pringles can for wi-fi and log into one of these machines that is unique. we typically do not have -- the only machine that had wi-fi. >> you do not need that, as i recall. any voter with a smart phone could connect with the wi-fi they were using. >> without a pringles can. voting with software independent -- the notion that any undetectable error in the software for the machine should not result in an undetectable

error in that final count. that is an academic way to think about it but that is why we have paper trail and there is a whole set of cryptographic's that are not widely used. some of them worry about this and other ways but this could provide a hard check against the software being bad. have two ways of hacking a system. a remote hack it is not connected to the internet or connected to a system that is connected to the internet, then we have what you were describing as a proximity hack. many of these machines sit in schools and theaters overnight. >> that should give you a little bit of comfort but not a lot. malicious or fester

hacking before we had networks. very few people in the room may have seen or know what these are. and maybe a you can put out of the machine. this,not directly work on a virus for specific to the machine used throughout the entire state of georgia. was 1234. password though that is not much better. virus, in onea election, the primary election, he would stick a usb stick or something in there that would install now will -- malware on that one machine.

that machine to the election computer that tells all the other machines, here is what the ballots will take for the next election. the program voting machine and stuff like that. the general election. that is a way of installing aps piece of malware on a device over a longer time. someone twobe months ago who says, maybe we want to hack the vote. much more long-term nationstates more likely to deploy techniques like that. long-term>> we will take you lo the cyber maryland event to hear from admiral michael -- michael roberts. -- michael rodgers. rogers.

.> good morning i would like to welcome you to the sixth annual cyber maryland summit. we are the cochairs of the cyber maryland advisory board. it is my pleasure to welcome the sponsors here to this event today and leaders and policymakers and other dignitaries in the audience. ago, cyber america started as an idea to unify the cyber maryland ecosystem around a common theme. six years later, looking around the room, i would say we have an successful. would you agree? [applause]

the question we always ask is what is next? sarver american have --cybermaryland has become a model for other states. cyber states that will be led by secretary for commerce bill bond. tom ridge, former governor of pennsylvania. >> flu wanted to kickoff the session today, as everyone knows, cyber security is the new space race. what happened when the space race went on, countries were trying to get to the moon. where cybertuation security does not have a zip 212 and does not represent 12. colorado, california, and so on.

the first move was to bring the state together in a .ollaborative effort then what we wanted to do is one of the major parts of building a cyber ecosystem it's building the next generation, the cyber generation. we thought it would be appropriate to have a student in high school that is teaching introduced the keynote speaker. i have had the pleasure of very different sessions and conferences and what is unique is about a year we were on stage at this conference with kathy hudson and they launched a program called cyber. yesterday, we just reach 5 million students the signed up to start to explore with their future.

this all got started because three years ago, i was teaching >> on technology and i asked a bunch of students, what do you want to be when you grow up and their answer was, dr. ray lewis. now it we are hearing as early as last month in arkansas, california, maryland, everywhere, is doctor, lawyer, forensic analyst. i think the movement has created that our neighboring states are now starting collaborate upon so we can aotect the nation and create cyber generation. --pleasure to introduce introduce admiral rogers.

i'll see if you just want to make your way up to the stage. i want to make a comment about this teacher in general. a high school level, built a theram in high school where most popular sports on campus is cyber. after school from 3-7:00, learn, compete, and he is now built this into the cyber high school and model. thisd the world, modeling -- how do you give students the ability to demonstrate cyber to model be able across the country.

steve? [applause] steve: good morning. thank you for the opportunity to be here for the cyber maryland .onferences it is nice to be in a room full of nice -- like-minded folks with the same goal and educating the next generation. during the past five years, my goal has been to solve the pipeline problem from k-12, higher education, and industry. we started five years ago with accidents. i thought that was a fun club for a year. now we have 106. i do not hang posters or get on

the morning announcements. it is all driven by student interest. students in middle and high school can do more than what we may think. this morning, we're joined by several students, one in particular. this past summer as a sophomore, i think back to my sophomore year in high school, i think i was still mowing grass. internship in chattanooga, tennessee. he brought that information --k, now teaching to our k-12 p are now he's a junior. already looking forward to continued education. carrying a full load of courses, plays rugby, and works in the cyber science program.

because he wants to, not because he has to. with that, i am pleased to introduce -- >> i would like to thank you for inviting me this morning. school, ir in high completed an internship in .ennessee it relates to everything we do every day. his position as the head of the national security agency and essential security service. more information about admiral rogers.

as all of us are aware, it is now the space race of our generation. unemployment not existing. under admiral rogers, the nsa has welcomed more people my age than ever before. we have real-world challenging issues and i'm willing and eager to fulfill the needs of the country. by accepting entrants in high school and college, i appreciate that animal rogers has recognized and embrace that young adults can do more than x exit. honor. a great [applause] . >> is that one impressive young man or what? [applause] thank you very much.

if you are 16 or 17 years old and someone asks you to stand up in front of all these people and camera's and introduce someone you have never met. i want to thank you for supporting cyber maryland. i'm here because i'm part of the maryland cyber e-gov is some. we are proud of the ecosystem. i'm here today because i wanted to share -- a few thoughts on cyber security and also, if there is a young man or woman in the audience who is interested in challenging work in the upper essay and cyber command, we have got great opportunities and i'm interested in getting every motivated and talented young individual to be part of our workforce. both in defending structures and networks within the united its government.

cyber command, to do our part and help defend our nation and help defend friends and allies around the world. ultimate -- in the 35 years, i've never been moreof a mission in which success -- the success in the ability to generate operational outcomes is so dependent on a broad variety of partners. that is both challenging but it represents opportunity. among them are high school students, college students. people involved in academic thought, people involved in .ndustry at the local level. all of the capabilities these groups represent on a team

working on tough problems. it is reflected in the increased level of activities you read online media and whatever. you cannot go out for hours without a major cyber challenge somewhere between the united states global as well. it is not restricted to a particular nation or a particular area or a particular sector or segment. every segment of our private sector, across the u.s. government, allies and trends around the world. i suspect the dynamic will not be changing.

we've got to step back and ask ourselves, what can we do to address ther challenges associated with the cyber environment we are doing with today. information sharing will be critical. with legislation that have been passed, we started the initial framework for how we will do that. we taken time within the last month to outline what are the rules of the different parts of federal government, how will we , perhaps aport greater importance to all of you, how will we of why the capability more broadly across our nation? of that team, i am the first to knowledge one of our objectives has got to be how can we help to simplify to private ?ector friends we have got to make it easier and align the insights we what you need to

define, what is information you need, how, what format, and what is the value? you do not want us deciding that. we need to partner with you and understand what it is you feel you need. all outame time, we are there competing for the same workforce. goinghallenge is not away. you look to the human capital piece of the challenge, i would argue in some ways that is the greatest challenge of all. while technology is incredibly important to our ability to meet the needs associated with challenges of cyber and cyber security, perhaps the greatest challenge is not technology but the human capital of all of this. how do you make human debt users with well-informed decisions? you can have a greatest strategy in the world but if your users are making choices that

undermined that security, you have made your job that much tougher. an incredibly motivated and focused workforce, you not only have to have a workforce in variousgments of specialized trading information and cyber security, but as i said, we have to weigh the knowledge level of every single individual in our structures. the right kind of background as a challenge as a nation we are only beginning to come to grips with. i do not think any of us in the audience would tell you, yes, i have all the people i need with all the right skills. we are clearly not where we need to be. that is a reason i like to do things like cyber maryland. cyber command want

to be part of that solution. you heard in the interest -- introduction some of the things we are doing in terms of outreach for the private sector and the academic world. one thing that andrew mentioned was the internship program. conclusione to the that getting young motivated men and women familiar with us so that nsa and cyber command earlier and earlier, we have caught an aggressive internship school,at high undergraduate, and masters level for our organization. now foreen the director 2.5 years and i remember the first week on the job, one thing i like to do is go down and walk around and walk the halls and eat lunch at the cafeteria and talk with the workforce and the first week on the job, i go downstairs, i go in the cafeteria and i stop and say hello to two young ladies.

after lunch, i go back to my ifice and say to my team cannot believe how young we are hiring people. i met two young ladies who i swear were 14 or 15 years old. yout, sir, they were warmly -- they were probably interns. job, that we the are giving security clearances to 15 and 16-year-olds? i am the first to admit i was struck by, this is a different world and we will have to do things differently than we have historically done. the internship program has among the highest returns on things we do. over 65% of the people who in turn with us ended up working with us once they complete their education. for us togreat place

be. you see the investment not just with us. a lot of other organizations are doing it. you see with us today we making cyber course is mandatory now. we believe cyber is the future. time wherepast the we can be -- i do not need to worry about that. given the challenges associated with behavior, that will not work. ground orote in the soon will come on the cyber center of the naval the cap -- academy. had not done until a couple of years ago. in the military service, we recognize the world of ours is changing and we have to do

things differently. you see what the secretary has in terms of innovation, out in california and so can valley, we knowledge that as a department, we have to go where the best technology and innovation reside. the of that is outside department of defense. we have got to be willing to go to the outside world and say what can we learn, how can we partner, what kinds of capabilities and insights do you have that will generate value for us and help us defend the nation and our key friends and allies. another thing i tell the the core aspect of our job, we must drive for success at the same time, there are times that will fail.

when i first started my personal time and cyber, i thought to the entire focus was to keep the opponent out of your network and that still remains the primary driver. i have come to the conclusion that you must not only spent time on that but acknowledge that you are likely to be -- given that, what will you do? an individual who has had to do with networks within the department, it is a different or methodology and different leadership. when i am doing with problems and the investments we are trying to make, trying to as opposed to our response if we find someone in the network and what we do there , it is a great leadership challenge. as important as the technology is, do not ever forget about the motivated men and

women. i do not care what your great youris or how network structure is. without motivated men and women. -- women, you do not have the edge in need. it is a long-term hard work for all of us. that back to ask ourselves what you need. i do not think any of us would right now in terms of cyber security. with that, let's open it up for questions. >> good morning. i am the host and producer of the podcast.

we have questions that was sent in -- that were sent in through the app and social media. we will have time to take some questions from the audience as well. this one,art off with is the ability to defend cyberspace better than it was five years ago? we improving or deteriorating and how and what needs to happen? it is easy to: step back and tie yourself is just getting worse and worse. i tried to tell them to let step back, and let's think about where we have come in the last five years. the first thing, we're way past the dating. five years ago, i was spending a lot of time with leaders saying, why should i put time and people and resources? this discussion

anymore. there is a widespread recognition there are challenges here that will take focused effort and investment to deal with. side, we haveent created, partnering with the private sector, we have created well-defined -- in terms of who does what with the federal government, we have articulated how we will provide support and partnership with the private sector, and we created the mechanisms to do that. those are things i think are strong positives. i also remind myself we all have to of knowledge we are not where we want to be. i'm not interested in patting ourselves in the back -- on the back and say look at how much better things are. it is interesting but not applicable or the primary focus. it is about what we need to do to keep moving forward. got aruck by, we have

transition report coming up in january. opportunity to do an internal assessment. our we happy with what we have created, are the assumptions turning out to be factual, doing need to step back and assess how ?e get broader partnership ciber does not recognize geographic. challenging but we have got to knowledge we have to do something broader and more globally. >> one of your predecessors is quoted -- nottimate operations are welcome once and they also call for a response. do you have any reaction to the characterization? admiral rogers: so-and-so said

, what do you think about that? we acknowledged the russians penetrationshose on the democratic national committee and several other targets designed to generate concise -- we need to step back as a nation and think about what the occasions are of that. we are something comfortable with? i would argue the pattern of behavior in terms of the use of information and the attempt to persuade and manipulate others has been a consistent pattern over time. cyber as a different dimension because it enables actors, groups, nationstates, to require that at a massive scale, that make the data publicly available.

things withlot of respect to that. as a nation, it is important to us that we do not believe and trust that the mechanisms of government will generate the outcome we can all believe in. it is foundational for us. we worked our way through this it is alwayssue, at the forefront of our mind. how do we send strong messages to others outlining what is except avoid what is not. >> what are the biggest challenges facing the split between nsa and u.s. cyber command outside the previous comments finding the right time and process? admiral rogers: i have are you talked publicly about that being a matter currently under review , the -- from the president chief executive. i will not give a specific good bad.

my job is to make it work. >> all right. technology evolution currently outpacing the training and buildout of the workforce. what is cyber command doing to theess maintaining workforce, specifically from acquisition perspective? on acquisition side, for an essay an intelligence organization, this is a thing i find gratifying. capabilities that make capability, as well as partnering with the private sector. the challenges in cyber command are different. organization,tion it does not design and generate, and yet our experience, six

years as an organization, is we need to step back and ask ourselves, does that make sense and is that the model of the future? there is a 10th -- a test from last year passes defense authorization act which grants u.s. cyber command on a test both for the first time, acquisition authority and a small amount of money. we are working our way through right now with herman of ads. what is the framework to put in place to grant those authorities to cyber command and how will be execute those? out in the that roll current fiscal year and fiscal year 17. >> mobility is a mess within the federal government. certifications get completed notr they get mothballed, allowing mobile devices inside the agency is creating hiring issues or employees.

the threat for these products grows. how do you see mobility today and in the future and how will agency try to improve the certification process? clearly mobility is foundational to the world we live in. i bet less than 10% do not have a portable digital device on your right now. that is the nature of the world we are living in. i do not see that changing and it has given us great and if it. here and getleave in a vehicle, the first ballot do is pull out my device and get connected back in the world again and see what is going on. to theoundational future. we also have to acknowledge it is a bit of a double-edged sword. it represents conductivity an opportunity but it also represents a potential vulnerability. it organization has to make an assessment of risk. given that potential vulnerability, what is the risk you are comfortable with and the

levels and information you have? what might be except will for one organization, a company doing public service, might be , and maybe that level of risk is not so acceptable to us. this will not be a one size fits all. we have also got to educate our young workforce. i have two young millennial sons in their 20's. both believe the constitution forgot the part where they should have talked about the ability to act as data in the format of your choice at the time and place and device of your choice. lived, itfe they have is all they have ever known. i can get whatever data i want and whatever format i want on any one of multiple devices, what is the matter with you that you just don't get it?

well, i am here to be your father, son. i had this conversation with both of them. the older one is a naval officer and i take, i got it, step back for a minute and look at it on the perspective of a naval officer, where we are little bit concerned about operational security, and we know that others can use the device to gain insight about where you are, what you are doing, and who you are communicating with. and trust me, there are nationstates out there doing that every day, who have interest in individuals and will use that as a vehicle to generate insights as to where you are and what you are doing. recognizee token, i what it provides. i will say to the older one, what works for your brother in the private sector isn't

necessarily going to work for you. it's not one-size-fits-all. that's the great challenge for leaders, to find that talents. at nsa, the compromise we are working on is -- let us provide you with unclassified bynectivity in a format means where we have high confidence we have minimized the risk. let us generate the means for you to access that information, and to do it in multiple formats and multiple mediums. if you think there is value here, we want you to be able to do it. because we understand -- again, i want to have access to this anytime, anyplace. when i cannot bring my device, i don't like that. i find it unsettling. it's not something i'm comfortable with.

it's maybe not a sacrifice i am willing to make. competing forare have a lot of options out there. the portable device and the conductivity it implies is important to them. i am going tosay go somewhere where i can use that. we are trying to anticipate that, and it's not unique to us. towe are going to open it up the audience for questions. we have runners with microphones. please raise your hand and we will get the runners to you. what do you see as the significance open source technology will play as security continues to be compromised at an alarming rate? >> open source is the phrase we use within the intelligence community and other areas to describe information that is unclassified and readily available to all. unclassified, readily available o all.

experience is telling us that is another means of acquiring information. offers an attractive we may notghts that have access to via other means. by the same token, as an intelligence professional, i await remind people that every source of intelligence and limitations. not one single one of them is a pot of gold. we need to keep that in mind. all of us in the intelligence community are trying to work on how we can bring that in as another tool to compliment the work we are already doing.

it is not going to go away. it represents an amazing potential source of insights. i want to take advantage of those insights. -- sir >> have we met before? >> i think so. >> i thought so. you look familiar. >> you spoke about the challenges of the work force trying to catch up to the cyber threat. you talked about the grid, and other attacks. change of the approaching internet of things, it seems that the idea of our link being cell

changing to all the objects around us. with this network growing in the the privateonly in sector, but also in the military, how are we preparing to address such a drastic change with objects that were never designed to be cyber safe, such as wi-fi toys? think we have to be honest and say that as a society we do not truly understand the implications of the broader of increasingly simple devices we take for granted. not on this anymore. it's now connected to a broader set of capabilities. offer theections

opportunity to make our lives easier, but they also offer potential points of vulnerability. you see this in many ways in the automobile. i got my license, the automobile was an autonomous, mechanical device, no software system, no decision-making .apability to receivebility information was largely in the and it's onlyo, way to communicate with the outside world was through a horn or lights. that was a car. that is not the automobile of the 21st century. the automobile of today that all of us -- as we are looking at getting transportation. does aomobile of today

series of integrated and sets ofus software capabilities in which a plethora of connectivity to the outside atld is occurring around us a level we do not understand or have awareness of when we operate a vehicle. is in a way that none of us truly know or understand. the implications of that. it's not just the internet of things, but to the first part of i have thisn -- discussion with my family at times where i tell them, tell me what you think autonomy and policy means in the digital world. as individuals achieve the degree of autonomy and privacy we are comfortable with? that the footprints we are all leaving our growing in .umber and duration

we have to really step back and ask ourselves, what does that mean? for me, it's talking to the socialce of about the media profile you are creating, the information you are sharing .ith others the idea that many of the things in the digital world increase probability that these will become more readily phenomenon ofsad the world we're living in now, and i don't see that changing in the immediate term. we have to ask ourselves, what does that mean for us? both as the leader of an , and the leader of

agency, i security think about that is a father, husband, a man with a family. and i think we need to step back and think about what that means for us as a nation. i think another challenge is we find ourselves in a world where technology has outpaced the legal frameworks we have in place. i am not trying to say it's good or bad. we just have to ignore knowledge that it is. ,o we have to ask ourselves one, are we comfortable with that? and i would say the next question we need to ask -- it's not only just are we comfortable with this, but what does it mean? what are the changes we need to make given this incredible rate of technological change?

in some ways to me, if you take the emotion out of it, that's at the heart of the encryption discussion. the technology and legal frameworks we have always had in place are totally mismatched right now. and we need to step back and ask , are we comfortable with that, and what are the implications of that? thank you very much. >> how does the robust innovation community in maryland or in virginia plug-in to the department of defense so that we are also helping to inform decisions about innovation and opportunity? diux we often highlight is the most visible manifestation ,f a broader set of initiatives

trying to address the challenge of innovation and how does dod interface with the private sector? if my memory is right -- i apologize. i haven't done it in a few weeks, so i may be wrong. if you go to the dod website on the classified side, you will there is a pullback the talks about the private sector connect withight an area you could deal with. to come totrying grips with how to create the mechanisms to go from talking ioa say, don't ever forget, it's all about outcomes. everalways say, don't forget, it's all about outcomes. i am not interested in talking

about things just for the sake of talking about things. just as i am not interested in developing technology just for the sake of technology. i lead to very technology focused organizations. many in the workforce love technology for the sake of technology. i will listen and i will go, very interesting, very grateful, but tell me how that ties to a mission for us. again, that's why we were created, and that's what we need to be held accountable for. we need to create mission output. i thank you and others for your willingness to do that for dod. acknowledgeirst to we can be a cumbersome, unwieldy, bureaucratic organization. so what can we do? water. thank you. >> we have time for one more question. down front.

>> in order to increase the standardization of education within the various countries and nato? a policy inadopted which they acknowledge cyber as a domain. alliance, the the united states is one of 28 nations that are members of the alliance. we have been working with our here ismmates to say, our experience. we think there's great applicability to the alliance. an operational domain.

the alliance came to that decision and announced a policy earlier this year. , again, as a member of the alliance, we have to work our way through, now that you recognize that, what are the applications? how do you create a work force, and operational structure? how do you prioritize and defined risk? -- define risk? trying to bring 28 nations to consensus on anything is not easy. say thank i want to you all very, very much. , remember, ciber maryland is about the ecosystem we have in the state, which we -- cyber maryland is all about the ecosystem we have in the state. how can we work together to for all of us?es

that is the partnership. you see that in reserve efforts herein the state, in the college andna, in high school as well as below levels, and what states are trying to do, and what employers and many others are trying to do out there. this is an amazing place when it comes to cyber. there is a lot of great capability, a lot of great people. there is a sense that this is important to us as a region and we can do some great things here. i thank you for your willingness to be part of that, to roll up your sleeves as ladies and gentlemen, as a nation, as a an area.d as it's a lot of hard work, but we can do it with a lot of motivated men and women. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]

. you, admiral rodgers. thank you for the work you do for the nsa and for cyber command. another round of applause for admiral rogers. [applause] would like to thank dave bittner from the cyber wire for hosting and moderating that session. thank you. [applause] >> and also, one more andgnition for steve moral and or from loyola blake field high school. andrew stayman from loyola blake field high school. we've had a great couple of days here. i want to make sure everyone is aware there is a conference app and that everyone has a chance to download it. if you have any questions, see the event staff.

it's a great way to network. we are going to be communicating any changes or updates in real-time through the app. and sure you download it communicate it. it's a great networking tool. .ave a great couple of days this concludes the session. thank you again. >> in his comments, admiral

rogers address the reported on thef the russian hack democratic national committee. on that issue, tyler coates article inngthy esquire that goes back to 1988 stoleays russia information and had a stack of copy paper three times as high as the washington monument. donald trump returns to the campaign trail today and will speak to supporters at the county fair in delaware, ohio. we will have more state coverage coming up for you. this time, the ohio senate debate. live coverage of that debate at 7:00 p.m. here on c-span. years, the

presidential candidates turn from politics to humor at the al smith memorial foundation dinner to raise money for catholic charities. president bush: i have traveled -- i havent reagan: traveled for many years. i have never understood the logistics of events like this and how the absence of one individual could cause three of us to not have seats. >> you have said many times in this campaign that you want to give america back to the little guy. mr. vice president, i am that man. honor to share the day us with a descendent of the great al smith. grandfather was my favorite kind of governor. the kind who ran for president and lost. right.you are a campaign can require a lot of

wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning, suits for a fundraiser, sport coat for dinner. finally relax and wear what anna and i wear around the house. watch the memorial foundation dinner with hillary clinton and donald trump tonight on c-span and on c-span.org. listen with the c-span radio app. congressionalh district is just across the potomac river from the nation's capital. debatedcomstock luanne -- this debate is an hour and 15 minutes.

>> good morning, everyone. i am honored to be here with you today. it is my pleasure now to introduce the candidates for virginia's 10th congressional district. i am going to provide a brief .ntroduction to each of them please refer to your programs for more information. barbara comes that currently serves on the transportation and infrastructure committee, science and technology committee, and chairwoman of the subcommittee on research and technology. she served in the virginia house 2010-20 15. from theserved as chairwoman of science and technology committee. the commerceed on and labor committee and the transportation committee.

she graduated from middlebury college with a ba in political science. she is a 30 year resident of mclean, virginia. a retired public school assistant principal who continues to teach their three children. please welcome congresswoman barbara comstock. [applause] luanne bennett grew up on her family farm east of st. louis. she and her husband moved to where theynty started and grew a small real estate business until rick was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away in 1994. he left a single working mother of two boys running a business. biz haser small biz helped create job opportunities for more than a thousand workers

of helped create millions dollars in economic development while creating energy efficient and environmentally stable development. she earned her bachelor's degree in education from eastern illinois university. was married to congressman jim moran while he represented the neighboring eighth , and theynal district remain friends today. she continues fighting for working families across the region and across virginia. please welcome luanne bennett. he also will invite the audience to submit your questions to the -- we will also invite the audience to submit your questions to the

candidates. there are no cards on your seat. all questions will be kept -- notecards on your seat. please stick to the issues. all questions will be kept anonymous. you can also select questions through social media. now for the ground rules. each candidate will receive two minutes for an opening statement and two minutes for a closing statement. the order was predetermined by a drawing prior to the debate. the candidate answering first is provided with one minute and 30 seconds to respond. will receiveidate the same amount of time. each candidate will be a -- the candidate answering first will be allowed one minute for rebuttal. the moderator may ask follow-up questions. per the predebate drawing, congresswoman comstock will

provide an opening statement. miss bennet will provide the second opening statement and have the right to close that question with her rebuttal time. is our timekeeper. he is located at the front of the stage. he will show a green card when 30 seconds remain, a yellow card for 10 seconds, and a red card when time is up. the moderator will enter up to the candidate if they do not stick to their time limits. time limits will be strictly enforced. weorder to be respectful, asked the audience not to respond. event.filming this

any individual filming him was not a credentialed member of the media will be asked to leave -- -- any individual filming who is not a credentialed member of the media will be asked to leave. with that, we will take opening statements. >> good morning. i look forward to discussing my record of my vision for the future. my opponent has had little involvement in the virginia ourness community or diverse community. my record is 600 billion dollars in tax relief, education reform including stem, data center growth, transportation solutions, 21st century cures and landmark heroine legislation. where has my opponent been on these issues?

not working for virginia, and for the past decade, not even living in the 10th district. i am the only northern virginia member of congress in the majority and the only chairwoman right now. this chamber endorsed me when i served as a delegate, and now the u.s. chamber and every leading business organization has endorsed me as have the benevolent employees, police association, and firefighters, who usually an door's democrats. my opponents talking points included telling of -- usually endorsed democrats. my opponent supports most of the obama regulations that of her jobs, which i know you oppose. she things obamacare makes health care more t affordable. i have a lifetime of experience and relationships working with businesses, schools, charities,

and leaders in our community that make the 10th district the best place to live, work, and raise a family. i am my own woman. i have used my strong voice for your priorities. together, we can build on this strong foundation. thank you. miss bennett: good morning. i stand here as one of you. i have run a business for 35 years and share your frustration with the do-nothing congress that can't pass a budget. i am also here is a mother to three sons and a grandmother to my grandson sam. the decisions congress makes -- or, more accurately, doesn't make, will impact all of our children and grandchildren. congress is broken, and that must change. 35 years ago, my husband rick and i move to northern virginia. we raised our boys and started a

real estate business. in 1990 four, we lost rick to cancer and i was left a single mom, running a business in the middle of a recession. it was tough, but i never missed a payroll. one of the things i learned from is that inence challenging times, there are always opportunities, and i see tremendous opportunities right here in the 10th district. i know that in business, you and i solve problems every single day by working together, even with people we don't agree with. barbara comstock went to washington and fit right in with the obstructionist congress. we should have seen it coming. delegate, she voted against a bipartisan transportation bill, the very bill that brought the silver airport andes beyond. on top of that, my opponent's recently said she can no longer

support the candidate, donald trump. unfortunately, she continues to agenda his agenda, an that would block comprehensive immigration reform, common sense gun safety, denies climate change, punishes women for making their own health care choices, and an agenda that divides the country. thank you to all of the sponsors of today's debate. i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you. i think we will come forward and try to adjust your microphone.

you are telling me you would like to redo your opening statement? >> really? we heard it. >> could the people in the back of the room here that ok? >> yes. >> ok, we are going to move forward. hank you for your statements. first question goes to -- thank you for your statements. first question goes to barbara comstock. metro has been in the news cycle for all the wrong reasons. fortunately, with the hiring of a new general manager, this has started to change, but funding remains an issue. the metro system to a large extent is the transportation system for federal employees and employees who serve this be federal government. how will you advocate for this funding? comstock: indeed, metro has

been one of our biggest challenges. from the first days when i was elected and we had the tragic -- and we step out and maybe fix our microphones so we are both heard? can you come in here? we need a mic check. apologize for this. we had several rounds of tests before hand. >> we can hear you, congresswoman. >> we are going to go to the first question again. the responsibility does federal government have in funding operating and capital for metro, and how will you advocate for that funding? ms. comstock: thank you again.

we have been working on this since i was elected. i worked on the competitive bidding to get the silver line going farther. in january ofdent 2015, we brought people together on a bipartisan basis to make sure the safety culture would be a top priority. new generalr manager for hiring new safety people, for clearing out some of the dead wood they had in management, and for putting new practices in place. the $150 million a year that has already been in the system to support metro -- when my own party tried to cut that out, they cut out $70 million, i restored.get that believe me, having a majority member in there to push this was a strong reason why we were able to get that restored. i also worked on the issue of

crime at metro. we see rising crime. we had an incident of a rape at 10:00 in the morning that wasn't reported for over a month. the general manager changed policy that very day. i am out to the control center. i am talking about controlling .osts when you had the governor and the mayors here, there is still a lot of work to be done. what i am already part of the bipartisan coalition. ms. bennett: our region and our local economy depend on a safe and reliable metro system. 40% of our workforce takes the metro. we need safety and we need reliability, but we do need to fund the improvements that need to be made. we need the system to be safe.

i would point out that we would metro system going to dulles and loud and were it up to the congresswoman. loudoun were it up to the congresswoman. she voted against the largest bipartisan transportation bill to come out of richmond because she had signed the grover norquist no tax pledge. this is political extremism taken to the help. it's a perfect example of it. to fund metro. metro needs $18 billion in capital repairs. this is precisely why i support a federal infrastructure , much alonghority the line of senator warner's bridge act. he has signatures on both sides of the aisle.

there is also a bill in the house, john delaney has a bill that would provide infrastructure spending. that is the kind of thinking we system fix our metro and provide infrastructure. competitive: the bidding bill we worked on together was supported on a bipartisan basis by this chamber in the business community. governors who were democrats supported it. we would not have gotten the to get to dulles and loud d thef we had not hav competitive bidding bill you supported. you are not here, luann. you were elsewhere, not working in virginia. bu there was a medicaid issue i was concerned about in that budget. i have worked to restore the

money. i have worked with my colleague regarding metro. the science and technology committee i cherish subcommittee on research. we have a bill to deal with safety and terrorist threats on metro. i am immersed in this every day. with the leadership team this summer. -- leadership team. moderator: ms. bennett, the next question is for you. what type of workforce education initiatives would you propose at the federal level that are responsible to the needs of the business community in northern virginia, and how can you work with your counterpart in state and local government to ensure that the federal workforce education program achieves the

maximum results in northern virginia? ms. bennett: education is critical to our future and a subject i know quite a bit about because i have been working in my private capacity to provide educational opportunities for over two decades. our economic competitiveness, the success of our children, depends on high quality education. we do need to educate our for 21st-century jobs, and we have great opportunities to do that in our community college systems. i think we have that infrastructure built out. we need to maximize the use of it. right here in virginia, we have 37,000 unfilled technology jobs. , we need to run increase the amount of high skilled visa is available to companies to fill those jobs. in the long run, we need to build the american workforce to

fill those jobs. provideork hard to funding for education. my opponent has cut public school education funding, both in the house of representatives and the congress. in the house, she cut $20 million. in the congress, she voted for an $800 million cut. she voted against an amendment that would provide stem grants for women, minorities, and low income students. that is the kind of thing recently cannot do if we are going to move forward into the 21st century. -- we simply cannot do if we are going to move forward into the 21st century. ms. comstock: i am the only one on the stage who has been very involved in virginia public schools and public universities. i come from a family of educators. have already worked with state and local officials, many of my , so i have those

working relationships on education. jobs, we have already passed to stem education bill. it is part of our education reform. we had a major education reform bill when we were in richmond and i was a delegate. tom, and i, and others in , stopped the cut. one of the first things i dealt beings a delegate was part of a bipartisan commission that stopped that. what she is talking about is spending more money down state. we fought that together, restored $120 million. i am am the one with relationships with george mason. we lower regulations on research so they can really research. i have a stem bill for young on a that i did myself

bipartisan basis. it has already passed the house and is now out of a senate committee. ms. bennett: budgets are about priorities. joe biden has a great line he likes to use. his dad.t's from joey, show me your budget, and i will tell you your priorities. democrats prioritize education, and we need to do that in congress today. education is an investment. you and i, coming from the business community, we know the difference between investment and spending. education, infrastructure, these are investments in our country. we need to invest in our country just like you and i invest in our businesses to grow. education will make us more competitive. we need to fund these programs. thank you.

moderator: according to our friends at the virginia transportation alliance, currently more than half the population lives outside the beltway. the pattern will continue as projections indicate that most of the 2040 growth will also occur in the outer portions of our region, particularly in northern virginia. reason, the business community has been calling for bridge and a new potomac river crossing. do you support the additional potomac crossing, and if so, what would you do in congress to fruition? project to and if not, why? comstock: for the first time in years, we passed a transportation bill in congress without raising taxes, and i was proud to be in the committee the cut that work done. -- that got that work done.

those are challenging issues, and we also know from having worked with state and local officials that we have to have s, but we have tor work from the ground up. we can't have people not include the public. i worked on route seven to make sure we got that right. i know my state and local .olleagues i have told the business community and my state and local colleagues, i will sit down with you to work with you. i will go to these meetings, map phase things out, and work to make sure we get the corridors need.w we still we have money in the transportation budget to start the process. we have to get agreement on the ground level, and that is going to require the kind of collaboration and leadership you

have when you have worked with the people who are the key players in all of these things, from the business community, from state and local officials, from people who are going to come up with new technology like we have a george washington university. moderator: thank you. ms. bennett, 90 seconds. ms. bennett: the congresswoman loves to talk about legislature she was part of passing. the problem is, this congress hasn't passed an appropriations process in six years. that some believable. if that happened in your business or my business, we that's unbelievable. if that happened in your business or my business, we would be out of business. it doesn't matter how much legislation you pass if you can't fund it. i would say we need a big change in congress. she likes to talk about the fact that my business is located in washington, d.c., and works

regionally. i think in this case that's an advantage. i have a long-standing relationship with the people in maryland, d.c., and virginia. if the transportation solutions for this region are going to have to be negotiated regionally with regional cooperation, those relationships will be hugely beneficial when it comes time to really talk about the hard questions that have to be answered. i am for upgrading our infrastructure locally. it is critically important. all of us know you cannot separate transportation from economic development. , andare joined at the hip we have to address our transportation issues in order for the northern virginia region to continue to grow. moderator: congresswoman comstock, 60 seconds. ms. comstock: as i mentioned, i

have worked with you as a legislature and also as a senior aide to congressman wolf. i have been part of the bipartisan governing majority. there is only one person on the stage who will be in the majority. we don't need another minority member of congress. who cannot add to the region here. my opponent has not worked -- and i don't think she has been a member of this chamber or other virginia chamber. i have worked with my maryland colleagues. we know we will need to have that type of collaboration. that is why you had the reason for him to have that discussion. to get that done. that is why i worked on a provided a long-term transportation bill, the first time in 10 years we had a long-term transportation bill, that i had a seat at the table on. congestion relief. i went to see a young man aboutg on driverless cars

how that's going to help our local area. , forator: ms. bennett and princenty william county are two of the fastest-growing counties in the united states with a vast, robust interconnectivity. do you support the by county william county are two of the fastest-growing countiesparkway? inso, what role can you play bringing that to fruition? if not, what would you propose to bring a much needed connection between the counties? ms. bennett: i do support the parkway. i also support the widening of route seven. this is about to begin, which i think is going to be a great boon to continuing to move traffic through the region. that widening is being supported

from the transportation bill the congresswoman did vote against. transportation, we need multimodal transportation options. we need to do all of the above. we need bus service, bike trails, road improvements, a safe and reliable metro. my concern with our silver line stops, when they opened in 2020 -- open in 2020, we have to connect to a healthy and reliable system. if we don't, i huge opportunity for growth is going to pass us by, so i will work to ensure that metro gets the funding to make this a safe and reliable system, and that is going to take metro involvement. i have seen the congresswoman question metro officials. all i have seen this a safe and reliable system, and that is going to take metro his critici,

no solutions. in business, you cannot afford a critic. you have to find solutions. i look forward to being part of the solutions. thank you. the original question was about the parkway? as i mentioned, i have relationships with local officials here and prince william. this is something you have to work from the ground up. the reason the initial effort to put this in there did not work is because officials from the state level did not work with the local delegation, and we have to do that. we can find consensus when we work that way. i stood with my predecessor as a delegate. vince calley and was still there with us and we celebrated how we came together and worked on working out those issues along

route seven and expanding that. again, my opponent is talking about metro. she has been endorsed by a dysfunctional union that is being sued by the obama administration. how bad do you have to be as a union if this administration is suing you? this is a union who won't work with our new general manager, who i work with all the time. he works with us on a weekly, monthly basis, appreciates that i am involved. we are both critics of what is going on on metro. if you are not a critic of the safety culture in metro and what going on, you are not seeing reality. , we talked a hearing about solutions. i would be happy to talk about this again. like toett: i would address the issue of the fact sayscongresswoman comstock

she is going to be a member of the majority. first of all, that's a big assumption at this point. i think that's up for grabs, who is going to be the majority in the house. , to be ad of all member of the majority that works your than half the business days in a session and gets last on, passes no appropriations bills, doesn't pass any significant or very little significant legislation, i don't know what that does for any of us. work -- iwe need to believe congress should have a minimum number of days it is required to work. we require children to go to school and minimum number of days. congress needs to work and get work done for the american people. this republican-led congress is not doing that. that has to change and we need people there who are going to change it.

moderator: in a report from the 2030 group, dr. stephen fuller of george mason identified seven sectors as target industries for growth in our region. the question will be which of these sectors do you view as the biggest opportunity for growth in northern virginia, and how can you support that growth in congress? the sectors are advocacy, information and communication technology services, science and technology services, biological, health and technology services, business and financial services, media and information services, and business and leisure travel services. advocacy, information and communication technology services, science and technology services, biological, health and businessy services,

and financial services, media and information, business and leisure travel. which of these do you view as the biggest opportunity for growth in northern virginia and how can you support that in congress? ms. comstock: i have worked in all of those sectors throughout my career so i cannot select just one. our region is so talented. that is why we are growing in all of these areas. that is why he identified those seven for growth. thanks to the permanent research and development tax credit we passed and the $600 billion tax relief package we passed last , that's providing more innovation to this great innovation economy we have. technology, cyber security -- i have had five hearings on my research and technology subcommittee where i had cyber experts come in and tell us who is the leader in loudoun. technology, cyber security -- i have had five

john wood testified for us and i am proud to have his support and have him working with us on how we can use our expertise in the private sector to bring that into the government. he was a great advocate for us. science and technology, we have to partner with universities. i have a lifetime of relationships in the public educationjohn wood testified fod served in for 30 years and that i have worked with all these leaders. i am so excited about what going on with the new .ancer center singleton is another good leader for our area who is supporting me. pat stottlemyre has been a leader in the business community, as you know here at the chamber. of theseot select any out. we have the talent to grow in every area. moderator: miss bennett, 90 seconds. to bennett: if we are going focus on any sectors, i would focus on the sectors we already have a core infrastructure in.

certainly, information technology and ciber are two areas that are going to be growth areas. information technology is a big sector. it has been thriving. cyber is a real opportunity. we need to come in our military, fund the wars of today's and are going to they be fought in the technology space by and large. we are seeing hacking by state players. we need to fund that through our military budgets and grow our cyber sectors. locatedgreat companies right here in the 10th district. this is a great opportunity for the 10th district. biotech is a great area as well. we have the research center and ova.v

we have great institutions and we need to make sure they get proper funding. health care will be a growing sector. these are great opportunities. there is one you did not mention that i would like to mention and that is opportunities in the alternative energy sector. we are in an energy transition, and supporting energy technology windanufacturing of turbines and solar panels is a real opportunity for us. >> in order to have the pipeline to get these great stem jobs, we have been working hard to support the education reform put more local controls. we have tj in fairfax and in loudoun they have the monroe technology center. now they are expanding into special academies of science that will be in the actual schools. , she isabout defense

fundraising on the basis of cutting defense. that. had hearings on we also have the 21st century cures bill, which is really about innovation. locally,at with nih and with our research institutions that we have. we could have an explosion of biotechnology throughout the region. moderator: ms. bennett, despite promises that this year would be different, the house only past five appropriations bills and only one was enacted into law on time. as a result, the federal government is being funded almost entirely through continuing resolutions. as continuing resolutions do not provide long-term certainty that many companies in the region need to do business with the federal government to invest in

their workforce and grow their companies, without blaming the other party or the senate for the house's failure to approve the bills, question, what needs to change for the two parties to work together and to start passing appropriations bills on time? and how could you reach across the aisle, across the hill, or get0 sylvania avenue to this done, and who would you work with? what needs to change, who with on awork bipartisan basis? ms. bennett: what needs to change as our leadership. we need leaders in congress who actually want to get something done. we don't have that now. we have leaders who want to obstruct and not take any hard votes. this is because we are so driven by politics, not once good for the american people. willingleaders who are

to tell the truth to their constituents about the choices that have to be made. i will work with anybody. when you are in the business , your, you and i all know have to work with anybody to get solutions to problems. 10, maybe 10t of times out of 10, you are working with someone you don't agree with. you don't solve problems by talking to your own caucus and your own friends. you solve problems by talking to the other side. and you have to listen and you have to hear them. the democratic party doesn't have all the solutions. but the republican party has some good ideas as well. we need to work together. we need to form public-private partnerships. i think the business community has lots of good ideas. the government and the business community needs to work together. democrats and republicans, we need to work together. i intend to do just that when i go to congress after november 8.

moderator: thank you. congresswoman comstock. ms. comstock: i was one of the 75 republicans who voted to keep the government open from the beginning. i have been part of the government -- governing majority and been named one of the 20 most bipartisan members of congress i have already established that i have the working relationship. when i was in the state house, my bills were almost exclusively bipartisan bills. i had all of the right to work legislation that we work together on. the competitive bidding bill. .he data center bill data centers are now providing tens of millions of dollars to our local economy. i've already demonstrated that ability. when you get good ideas, you go out and build coalitions