many teens participated in this year's regional competition with winners including towson university,depaul university, montana tech, northeastern university, university of washington, texas a&m university, university of louisville, and california state polytech university at pomona. students from these universities learned many skills and their education will help meet the rapidly growing demand for cybersecurity specialists in the public and private sectors. mr. speaker, i want to thank representive for introducing this resolution and once again express my support for house resolution 1244 which will recognize the importance of the national collegiate cyberdefense competition and its contribution to our nation's cybersecurity curriculum. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from hawaii reserves the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from illinois. mrs. biggert: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: so recognized. mrs. biggert: i rise today in support of