mr. hurd: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hurd: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hurd: the need to address cybersecurity at a state and local level is of the utmost importance. from our local d.m.v. offices and courthouses to our critical infrastructure, the exploitable vulnerabilities and possible consequences are alarming. yet, in the cybersecurity realm, state and local governments often do not have access to the technical capabilities and training that the federal government does. my bill, h.r. 3869, the state and local cyberprotection act, is a critical step in the resolution of this problem. in 2010, the national governors association released a statement on the importance of cybersecurity and protecting the abi

mr. hurd: mr. speaker, threat equals capabilities plus intent. isis has demonstrated that it has both the capabilities and the intent to attack the homeland. isis has expanded far beyond iraq and syria. it has affiliates that have carried out deadly attacks in egypt, tunisia, france. groups and individuals have pledged their support to isis and numerous other places, including the philippines, the palestinian territories, nigeria and sudan. tracking foreign fighters who travel to iraq and syria alone is not enough to mitigate the threat they pose to our national security. terrorist saven havens around the globe -- safe havens around the globe are petri dishes for bad guys aiming to do bad things to the u.s. isis has, police italy encouraged fighters who can't make it to iraq and syria to join their struggle in other locations. it is imperative that our intelligence and defense efforts aim at tracking and stemming the flow of fighters to and from all terrorist safe havens, even those outside of iraq and syria. i was an undercover officer in the c.

. >> i would now like to recognize mr. hurdo chairs the subcommittee on information technology for his opening statement. >> thank you chairman mica. today's hearing is one of a series of hearings the it subcommittee intends to of emerging technologies and we're proud to join with you and the transportation subcommittee here today. my first car was a toyota four runner and i like to call her shirley marie. i got her into some of 2000 at the car up until the summer of 2013. we had a lot of adventures together but one thing that you couldn't do is connect to the internet. and flash forward to 2020. gartner forecast at about one in five vehicles on the world wide web some form of wireless network connection by 2020. amounted to more than 250 million connected vehicles. a recent study by mckinsey predicts the internet of things which includes the internet of cars could have a total potential economic impact of between four and $11 trillion by 2025. the report further states that the hype around the internet of things that actually

mr. hurd's a member of this task force. the first, the house voted to strengthen the certification requirements for our syrian refugee program. that was a big, bipartisan vote, a veto-override majority bipartisan vote. today the house will vote to strengthen the nation's visa waiver program, another product of this task force. this will help neutralize the threat from foreign terrorists entering our cup. we expect this -- our country. we expect this to be another big, bipartisan vote. so we're coming together to tackle this threat, and we are ready to do more. that is why we need the president to put forward a real, come prehencive strategy -- comprehensive strategy to defeat, defeat, not contain, isis. on sunday night we heard the president defend staying the course. but why would we stay the course when the enemy is evolving? if we lead from behind, we will remain one ten behind -- one step behind. defeating the enemy is going to take time. it's going to take all of our heart and all of our might. but we will persevere an

mr. hurd is a member of the task force. first, they voted to strengthening the -- strengthen the certification for our syrian refugee program. override proof majority vote. and this will help neutralize the threat from foreign terrorists entering our country. we expect this to be another big bipartisan vote. so we're coming together to tackle this threat and we are ready to do more. that is why we need the president to put forward a real comprehensive strategy to defeat, defeat, not contain, sis. on sunday night we heard the president talk about staying the course, but why would we stay the course if the enemy is evolving? if we lead from behind, we will remain one step behind. defeating the enemy is going to take time. it's going to take all of our hearts and all of our might, but we will persevere, and make no mistake, we will win. finally, when we voted to pause the refugee program a few weeks ago, i made very clear at the time there would not be a religious test. there would be a security test, and that is because freed

mr. hurd: thank you, mr. speaker. many of us, our bellies are still full from thanksgiving, now we're thinking about what we're going to buy our loved ones and families for christmas. let me tell you what families in texas do not want for christmas. that's higher energy bills. but that's what they're going to get, what we're going to get if e.p.a.'s new proposed rules go into effect. many families in texas are already living paycheck to paycheck. they're looking for ways to put extra aside to have a nice christmas. but the e.p.a.'s rule for power plants will do more than just raise their electricity rates. higher rates increase the costs of many other products and services that families need to buy. during this weak economic recovery, families struggling to pay bills simply can't afford for their cost of living to go up. folks in my district have had enough of this kind of executive overreach by the white house. they've had enough of the excessive red tape that just seems to keep oncoming from federal bureaucracies li

hurd a hackie sack. pardon me, snobs, i mean foot bag. topic number four. have you heard of mr. santa?e has thick glasses and a man gun. then he ride his bike. he's a lumber sexual from way up north. there he is on his turquoise sofa. he's from portland, oregon. if you put a little cream cheese on that man bun it makes it twice as delicious. i'll bet he also plays banjo. topic number five. you can almost smell the eggnog in his beard. animal lovers struggled to find out how to play with their bunny. that's bun, bun. she is a rescue rabbit. if dictionaries came with youtube equips. the bunny would be the definition of frolicking. here is a clip of bun bun before those folks took the critter in and tamed it. you are so welcome. if you have weird story ofs you want to see -- stories you want to see on the topical storm, email me. will his muslim plan set off a gop revolt? the "time" person of the year is coming up tomorrow. [vet] two yearly physicals down. martha and mildred are good to go. here's your invoice, ladies. a few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on the mend. it migh

mr. garfield. welcome and you are recognized. >> thank you chairman mica, breaking the hurd, members of the committee, on behalf of the 65 most dynamic innovative companies in the world be thank you for hosting this hearing. it is perfectly timed before 42 million americans get on the road to engage in the thanksgiving commute i would suspect that five to ten years from now, the cars on the commute will look different so i will focus my testimony on that issue which is transformation is occurring and information taking place in the space first and then second what we are doing to make sure that we ask of the rate of deployment but in a secure and safe way. it's often said that it's difficult to appreciate history when you're experiencing it and living in the middle of it but from my conversations with our companies we are living in an innovation renaissance. the conversion of the most ubiquitous broadband with improvements and computational processing as well as low-cost and almost unlimited storage is transforming mobile computing that includes the original technology which is the car we see that th