langevin of rhode island. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from rhode island. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. defazio of oregon, p-rpbt to h. res. 8, mr. defazio will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? mrs.walorski: as the member designated by mrs. wagner, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. wagner votes nay. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr.tonko: as the member designated by

langevin from rhode island. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house report 117-125, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. speaker. the united states attracts some of the brightest minds in the world. they can boost economic competitiveness. unfortunately, much of that talent leaves because there are few options to remain. my amendment provides a pathway to citizenship for the best foreign talent to work in the u.s. in support of our national security innovation base. great power competition is a race for talent to maintain our military and technological superiority. we want the brightest minds in the world working for us, not the chinese communist party. so the u.s. has less than 5% of the world's population, so it's no surprise that many great scientific minds are born outside u.s. borders. so then, how are we to maintain our technological superiority over the last

langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i commend the chairman for his strong leadership on cybersecurity issues. in support of this act before us today. this bill, the house companion of which i sponsored with representative matsui and katko and garbarino would help address a serious issue does not receive the attention it deserves. the cyber threats targeting our nation's schools. the education of our children is clearly a critical function. yet the increasing frequency and cevaerity of cyber threats targeting k-12 schools is jeopardizing the education of students across america. in the past four years, more than 1,000 educational organizations across the country have fallen victim to cyber criminals. more than 400 incidents have occurred in the past year alone. what's more, increasing proportion of these incidents are ransomware attacks that are particularly debilitating to the operations of schools. our students and educators have experienced more than enough disruption in the past year and a half. we cannot afford to l

langevin: i thank the gentleman for cheelg yeeg. i rise in sprong support of the national defense authorization act. i commend chairman smith and ranking member rogers for their bipartisan cooperation in bringing the bill to the floor. i want to thank ranking member banks and former ranking member stefanik for the bipartisan collaboration this year. i would also like to thank the members of the cyber innovative technology and information systems subcommittee for the hard work, particularly vies chair houlahan. thanks to the work of my subcommittee this legislation harnesses hutting edge -- cutting edge technology to benefit our war fighter and national security. this legislation includes a 36% increase. and applied research and development and significant increases for historically black colleges and universities. this bill also includes many provisions recommended by the national security commission on artificial intelligence which i offered as a pack and of amendments during our committee markup. we are taking important steps in a

langevin for his questions at this time. . >> thank you, madame chair, and i want to thank our witnesses for their testimony today. in your testimony you recommended that only confirmed incidents should be covered by this bill, not potential or universal incidents, and i want to explore that idea. the sole winds breach has brought attention to incidents reporting, and for good reason. it took fire eye stepping forward and confirming that they had been compromised for the revelations of the larger solar winds campaign to come to light, so let's say in the future our nation state is conducting a similar espionage campaign against a u.s. critical infrastructure sector. so if critical infrastructure operators in this sector are not obligated to report suspicious network activity to cisa and they are only obligated to report once they have discovered a breach of confidentiality, integrity or ability, how would we be meaningfully better positioned to proactively identify and mitigate this hypothetical espionage campaign than we are right now? >> so i think that's an important question. so when

langevin. seen it can you hear me okay? thank you for holding this joint hearing and i want to thank them for their testimony and important work if they are doing but mr. mr. goldstein the beast are with you. last week in front of art committee i learned that you offer assistance services to the ceo of colonial pipeline so i urge you to reconsider. he says he is acting for the good of the country i want to confirm that the offer still a table so just to confirm are you ready to offer assistance on the network of colonial pipeline if their services are requested? >> we support any entity providing critical services to the country including colonial. >> thank you, thank you. mr. goldstein i know cisa is a relatively new agency and not everyone is using the services that you offer. can you understand -- amanda stanwyck value when they invite you into the networks and furthermore what benefit to owners and operators for cisa bring to the table by having a network presence? i hope the ceo of colonial's watching. >> thank you for

langevin: madam speaker, i rise today to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. for over 18 years this policy resulted in the discharge of honorable servicemembers due to their sexual orientation, on december 22, 2010, the don'ts ask don't tell repeal act was signed into law and it ended 10 years ago. as a long time supporter of repeal, years of determination have paid off. and lgbtq service memberships are part of our dense and deserve our gratitude for the sacrifices they make. join me in commemorating this historic day and thank you for their service to our nation. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek rebg any? ms. foxx: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: woeplt ms. foxx: any attack against the sanctity of human life tears the moral life. h.r. 3755, abortion on demand until birth act is another scheme levied against the most vulnerable group in this country, the unborn. this would impose abortion on demand. what's more it would ha