mr. langevin: thank you. committee member: thank you for your service and what you are doing to protect our country. i have a question building on previous questions about why we are not targeting known isis assets. for instance, everyone knows where the headquarters of isis is, in syria, i believe. a large multi-story building. there are convoys of crude oil being taken to turkey, sold to raise money for isis. that is kind of a lifeline for money, as far as i look at it. i cannot imagine it is a military decision to not take out known military assets. there must be a political reason. mr. carter, what is the political reason? why are we not targeting known isis assets if the intention is to degrade and destroy isis? sec. carter: congressman, the targets you describe are authorized. leadership targets indeed. fuel, partly used to finance the movement. we do strike those targets. i think the only limitation, and i will let the chairman elaborate, that the people managing the coalition air campaign have, and th

mr. langevin, mr. rogers, ms. delauro, two ranking members. it is an amendment that is supported by the house armed services committee and ranking member of the house armed services committee. the navy league, united auto workers, afl-crmp io and the amendment has this support. it's because it is rare and once every other generation that we have to build like the ohio class submarine and falls upon this generation. in four years, we will begin the procurement and six years, build boats that will carry 70% of the nuclear deterrent $92 billion. the fund we formed last year helps us prepare for that. instead of waiting until the night before to come up with $92 billion. it transfers $1.4 billion into a fund and a rare thing for government to actually prepare in advance and still awaiting until the last minute to prepare. and it will help us purchase in bulk and save millions perhaps billions of dollars. there are those who say with all the threats we cannot find creative solutions and have to do things the way we have always done it. we disagree.

mr. langevin: i yield myself such time as i rise in support of my amendment. older adults and people with disabilities rely on public transit to live, learn and get to work and access recreation in their communities. the training dollars made available will help increase mobility for people with disabilities. by providing this assistance to our transit systems and services we make sure they wk more accessible. f.t.a. has a long history of working with ease terse seals the national association of aging and others to provide training and technical assistance to the transit industry. people with disabilities and older adults and imperative for this work to continue as more people age and more people with disabilities seek to live as independently as possible. now in order to realize this goal f.t.a. needs adequate resources to support this technical assistance activities. to that end my amendment will increase funding by $2 million for the f.t.a. technical, assistance and training. the exact amendment last year to restore f.t.a. technical assistance increased to

mr. langevin: mr. speaker i have an amendment at the kess . the chair: the clerk -- desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. langevin of rhode island. page 61, line 16, after the dollar amount insert, reduced by $1,625,000. page 62, lines 8 and 13, after each dollar amount insert, increase by $1 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 333 the gentleman from rhode island and a member opposed each will control for five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, this amendment which i'm offering with my -- mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: thank you mr. speaker. this amendment which i am offering with my good friends, mr. keating and mr. cicilline, will provide $1 million to the southern new england estuaries geographic program. this program was funded at $5 million last year and has been incredibly successful at leveraging resources, bringing stakeholders together and increasing efficiencies. estu

mr. langevin: madam speaker, in the past two weeks we have learned that the data of millions of americans entrusted in the office of personnel management have been taken as a result of a cybersecurity breach. it did not have to happen this way. since 2007, o.p.m.'s inspector general has documented repeated deficiencies in information security practices. yet, o.p.m.'s response has been glacial and its systems remain antiquated. it was only after the security breach last year that o.p.m. finally in its 2006 budget request asked for additional fines to the office of chief information officer. well, it's about time. the question we need to ask though is, why did o.p.m. underinvest in cybersecurity before that breach happened? well, i hope we find a definitive answer in oversight hearings. there was no one in charge of cybersecurity with both policy and budgetary authorities to compel action. even as we rely on agencies to be primarily responsible for protecting their networks, we plaque a federal cybercoordinator with budgetary authority to review agency spending and security plans. my execut

mrs. davis of california messrs. langevin, larsen of washington, cooper ms. bordallo, mr. courtney, ms. tsongas, messrs. garamendi, johnson of georgia, ms. speier, mr. castro of texas and ms. duckworth. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will announce the appointment of additional conferees at a subsequent time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. and include extraneous material on consideration of h.r. 2822. and that i may include tab lar material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 333 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2822. the chair appoints the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the stat