up next, congressman jim langevin, democrat of rhode island. we'll be talking with him as well. and now we are continuing our conversation on the congressional response to cybersecurity threats. now joined by representative jim langevin, member of the armed services subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities where he serves as ranking member, and he's also co-founder of the house cybersecurity caucus. mr. langevin, with the president's cybersecurity proposal introduced in may how do you think the congress can implement that, and how would you like to see it improved? >> guest: well, the white house proposal's been a long time in coming, but i'm finally glad it's here. i think it moves us in the right direction. i'm hopeful that the congress will take up most of the elements of the cybersecurity proposal and, hopefully, we can implement it. the challenge will be, of course, reaching across jurisdictional lines and multiple committees that have responsibility for cyber and trying to move a bill forward. but i'm hopeful that certainly on the senate side there may be a compre

is the chair of the house republicans cybersecurity task force and democratic representatives jim langevin is co-founder of the house cybersecurity caucus. >> host: this is c-span's "communicators" program. we are continuing our series on cybersecurity and cyberthreats to the united states this week. the congressional response to cybersecurity. joining us is representative mac thornberry, who serves as chair of the house republicans task force on cybersecurity. congressman thornberry thank you for being here. jennifer martinez the politico is our guest reporter. congressman, what in your view are the cybersecurity needs of the u.s. to defend against and to you think that the white house plan introduced in may addresses those needs? >> guest: well, the country faces a wide spectrum of threats in cyberspace, all the way from vandalism and petty crime to more serious crime, theft of intellectual property to things that people are calling cyberwarfare and so it is a wide spectrum of threats. i think the fundamental issue is that our laws and policies have not kept up with the changes in techno

up next, congressman jim langevin, democrat of rhode island. we'll be talking with him as well. >> now we are continuing our conversation on the congressional response to cybersecurity threats. now joined by representative jim langevin, member of the armed services subcommittee on emerging threats and capability where he serves as ranking member and co-founder of the house cybersecurity and caucus. mr. langevin, the president's cybersecurity proposal introduced in may, how do you think the congress can implement that and how would you like to see it improved? >> well, it's certainly the white house proposal that has been a long time and come, but i'm glad it's here. i think it moves us in the right direction. i'm hopeful now that the congress will take up most of the elements of the cybersecurity proposal and implement it. the challenge would be, of course, reaching across jurisdictional lines and committees that have responsibility for cyber and trying to move a bill forward. i'm hopeful that on the senate side there maybe a comprehensive bill

up next, congressman engine langevin -- jim langevin of rhode island. we're continuing our conversation on the congressional response to cyber security threats. now joined by a jim langevin, a member of the armed services committee. he is also co-founder of the cyber security caucus. with the president cyber security proposal introduced in may, how do you think the congress can implement that? how would you like to see it improved? >> it has been a long time coming. it moves as in the right direction. i am hopeful the congress will take up the elements of the proposal. the challenge will be reaching across multiple committees have responsibilities. i am hopeful that the senate side may have a comprehensive bill. i want to continue to but the house to consider this. mac >> no. thornberry said heangevin would consider its piecemeal. >> right now we have serious threat in the country. there are also threats ec and the critical infrastructure. these are things that concern me. i would like to see this threat. >> he was talking about the creation of the cybe

. >> host: congressman langevin jennifer raised with congressman thornberry the issue of the budget. with everything going on in washington right now with the cuts being made in the budget omb estimates about $12 billion to spend is spent government lied on cybersecurity prevention efforts. do you see this as a problem in the future, getting enough money to protect from cybersecurity and treasons, tax ephedra? >> as we know in tight budget times we have to be smart about where we spend our dollars and that is why that strong collaboration and coordination is so important. i believe if we had a director in the white house security office that is that -- senate confirmed that has budget authority we can compel compliance across the range of agencies and government to make sure that they are doing what they need to do and cybersecurity whether they are duplicating efforts or putting in place hardware that is duplicative or isn't the best that we could get. the best bang for buck. right now we don't have that. we do have very good court nader at the white house and i give him high marks

. >> host: now, congressman langevin, jennifer raised with congressman thornberry the issue of the budget issue. with everything going on in washington right now, omb estimates that about $12 billion is spent government wide on cybersecurity, prevention efforts. do you see this as a problem in the future, getting enough money to protect from cybersecurity, substance abuses, attacks -- intrusions, attacks, etc. .. >> guest: most of it's been kind of encouraging and collaboration across the departments and agencies. but he doesn't really have the authority for the sake of going to olympians same this isn't doing what it needs to. we need to take some measures to make sure they are held accountable. >> host: and also i would ask congressman thornberry about the house gop freshman have been very outspoken about how they are against anything that will increase spending. you were saying the budget will impact the type of legislation that is moving through the house. do you see this as a possible issue that democrats are going to have to tackle later on down the line? >> guest: clearly come if w

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tonight on "the communicators," cyber security with rep mac thornberry and jim langevin.ke you to london now, where last week the british chancellor of the exchequer, george osborne, updated parliament on the stated the economy. his position is similar to the treasury secretary. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> we come now for a statement by the chancellor of the exchequer, mr. george osborn. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, people will be concerned about the turmoil in the world financial markets. i want to update the house on what we're doing to protect britain from the storm. cause r causes of this instability. as of this morns, markets in asia and europe are a little calmer although some are still currently down. over the last month the dow jones index has fall p by over 14%, the french market is down 23 %, and it's striking that the german market is down 24% and even chinese equities are down 20% since november. bank shares in the all countries have been hit particularly hard, many sovereign bond markets, too, have been exceptionally volatile with market rates