s and doctors, buti do not see a community%. i do not see an ordinary person just trying to make family violence, community violence safer, helping the u.s., -- helping the youth, working with battered women and battered men. i also work with the gay community. this is the first time i have actually applied for this position, and i'm just trying to figure out if it is because i am an african-american woman, i may be too strong, or where -- or whether my application is not getting to where it needs to be, but i think i would play a very great part. i am a team player. i know the officers over in the bayview, because i am out there. while they are policing my community, in policing them, making sure they are on task. i know what it is like to be a victim of a police officer, to be a victim of the community, to be a victim in the streets. i will play a great part of the police commission, because i have seen it all, and i have done all. i am a daughter of an officer. and officer for the san francisco police department for 45 years

am pleased to see industry players increasingly stepping up to the plate to combat these threats, buti fear they cannot move fast or far enough under the current system. as the president of the national board of information security examiners and former chief security officer at the north american electric reliability corporation or nerc testified last year, quote, we're not only susceptible but we'rnot very well prepared, end quote. i supported the grid act as it moved through the house last year because it seeks to address some of the unique political and regulatory challenges in our power industry today. currently, we live under a system that does not prioritize security, though, but actively penalizes open reporting and cooperation. the legislation that is before us today aims to correct this by allowing federal regulators greater authority to protect americans during times of imminent crisis. it also provides for the issuance of orders to fied and mitigate vulnerables to protect the system from cyber attacks. while this measure is a significant step forward, i'd also encourage the