pedro our guest, jim langevin, :democrat from rhode island and the ranking member for the emerging threats subcommittee. thanks for your time today. rep. langevin: thank you. it's great to be with you. tim starks, as far as everything he said, concerning the attacks and response, it seems like there wasn't a lot congress can do. does that ring true with you? people outt mean for there looking for congress may be to do more of this kind of issue? i haveat is one thing been asking lawmakers off-camera as well. the general part about seemswith -- ransomware to be probably nothing specifically that can be done. there is a sort of area of exploration about who is really responsible. on the vulnerabilities equities process, there is new legislation or people are trying to codify that process and make it persist beyond the obama administration and trump administration. under the current rulings of the process the nsa is essentially in charge of how do we go about releasing or not releasing. this bill would put homeland security in charge. has a completely different agenda domestically. and there

host: you can see the entire interview with congressman jim langevin sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. you can also hear it on c-span radio and newsmakers is available online at seized on.org -- c-span.org. we now return to our conversation about the latest developments in the russian probe. it has reached the white house according to the washington post. 202748 8000. call republicans 202748 8001. independence 202748 8002. william is calling. good morning. what are your thoughts? william: i have been a republican most of my life. many of my friends have been democrats. i tried to encourage them to wake up and smell the coffee. it is rather ridiculous that people that are more a canned -- akin to be kind of socialism that putin is a party to would even think that somebody like donald trump, who is into free enterprise would have anything dictatorh the kind of that putin as. -- is. gangs saying like they are the victims and people like waters of california who say that the cia distributed the drugs to all of the dealers in los angeles. i lived in los angeles at t

got to be a public-private partnership. ,> our guest, jim langevin g ranking member for the emerging threats subcommittee. thanks for your time today. thank you. it's great to be with you. tim starks, it seems like there wasn't a lot congress can do. with you?ring true that is something i have been asking lawmakers. the general part about ransom or seems to be probably nothing specifically that can be done. there is a sort of area of exploration about who is really responsible. equitieslnerabilities process, there is new or people are trying to codify that process and make beyond the obama administration and trump administration. ther the current rulings of process the nsa is essentially in charge of how do we go about releasing were not releasing. this bill would put homeland security in charge. there has been a call for some hearings on how to potentially address the rent more side. when you take a look at the -- actors, do you get a sense that may be more it is done on the offensive side? has to be thought through. sore has to be a sense -- much of this goes on in a classified rea

. >> here on c-span, "newsmakers" is next with democratic congressman jim langevin of rhode island. then, president trump's visit to saudi arabia, which included a speech on combating terrorism. in a conversation with author tr reid on "q&a." pedro joining us this week, the : ranking member of the emerging threats subcommittee. representative, thank you for joining us on "newsmakers." rep. langevin:

guests, we want to remind you about newsmakers, were we talked this week with jim langevin, the democraticgressman, the secretary caucus cochairmen from rhode island. by democrat from there, and he talks about how the u.s. is protecting military, governments, and private sector networks. [video clip] >> there are three things we need to look at. network,rotected.net how we protect the.gov network, and how we protect the other networks. cyber command is tested with protecting the .mil domain. they are rapidly getting up to speed and i think it would acknowledge is not where they want to be yet, but i have high confidence in their ability to defend the .mil network. personnel and training will always be the key aspects of this. continue the trajectory they engaged in, the department of homeland security is responsible for protecting the .gov network. it's a work in progress, we have to get better as well, but they are try to get us there. the other challenge we have is how we protect the .com networks. there,is in charge that's all private sector, so the areas were the most damage could be d

let me now recognize ranking member jim langevin for any opening comments he'd like to make. >> thank you, mad emchair and welcome admiral rogers. i want to thank you for testifying before us today. it's always a pleasure to have you before the subcommittee and thanks for bricking along a crowd, makes for a little more offa n interesting hearing. so the president's budget for fiscal year 2018 was delivered just this morning as the chair stated and so i look forward to hearing about priority investments in cyber and about any potential new legislative initiatives relatding to cyber. last year, congress passed legislation establishing u.s. cyber command as its own unified combatant command. the subkmilt tee worked diligently on the underlying legislation because we recognize the importance of a trained and ready forcible to conduct effective cyber operations in concert with other military and u.s. government efforts. consistent with the appropriate legal authorities and policies. the fy '17 ndaa also formalized relationship with the principal cyber adviser to ensure advocacy and oversig

colleagues from both sides of the aisle, representatives karen bass, diane black, trent franks, jim langevin, brenda lawrence, and tom marino for their leadership in the foster care caucus. i'm grateful to fellow members who helped advocate for this important cause. let's continue to embrace the spirit that every child matters and continues to work towards providing all our sons and daughters an equal opportunity to lead productive and fulfilling lives. not limited to anything but their hopes, dreams, imagination, and perseverance. all of those supporters of the foster care system, i know firsthand when you see a -- you see your foster children grow to be healthy, successful, independent, and loving adults, you gain a tremendous sense of satisfaction and thankfulness. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. lawson, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. once again president trump budget calls for extreatment cuts to vital programs that are funded for the nation poor for health care, food stamps, and stud