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 70 years, by way of example? our world-class universities and innovative private sector attract future nobel laureate like machine learning and artificial intelligence. however, our restriblthive -- restrictive pathway to citizenship drives people awa

mr. langevin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. 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 th

mr. langevin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. 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 comm

mr. latta will vote no on the langevin amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ride seek recognition? mr. cicilline: as the member designated by ms. sewell and pursuant to house resolution 8, to us that ms. sewell will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from iowa seek recognition? as the member designated by ms. stefanik, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote no on the amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will be voting nay. >> as the member designated by ms. wilson pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on the langevin amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house

mr. langevin, point well taken, i wanted to just make sure everyone is aware that we will probably do a second round of questioning after we hear the questions posed by the gentleman from georgia, mr. clyde. for five minutes at this time. >> thank you, chairwoman clarke, for holding this very important hearing with a ranking member garbarino. as previously stated by my colleagues, cyber attacks are one of the biggest national security challenges the nation faces and i'm dedicated to working with all of you in finding solutions that mitigate these threats. i think one of the biggest challenges in addressing and understanding cyberattacks is encouraging entities to come out of the shadows and report these incidents so cisa. there seems to be a fear that these stake holders, that they could be unfairly blamed for these attacks and as a society, i think we do not blame the store clerk when a business is robbed by a gunman, we blame the perpetrator, and we work to bring them to justice so i think our society must take the same approach when organizations report cyberinstances and stop blaming victi

mr. 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

mr. 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