mr. russell: very interesting character. he lost his mother, father, a couple of brothers, sisters who died young. it is possible, for that reason, he was never really a serious churchgoer, but he was also very generous individual. he would help any friend who was down on their luck. he was willing to help them. he also had a streak -- he was well read, he understood economics very well. he did enjoy listening to talks from christian scholars. he like to study the pope and write down some of his versus on pieces of scrap paper, but the real big drawback to nelson story was his temper. he had an awful, awful temper. on more than one occasion, and a confrontation with somebody, he would lose his temper, and it would come down to a fistfight, or it would end up not necessarily fight, but if you got on his bad side, chances are you remained on his bad side. and his temper, unfortunately, also spilled into his immediate family. verbal and physical abuse. it is a sad sidebar, a side aspect of nelson story, but his wife, even on oc

lloyd russell-moyle. thank you, mr speaker.to us is clearly a poisoned chalice. he is like the schoolroom clown who thinks that he can offer something to us, dancing around, blathering from the dispatch box, but we know who he is. he is a man who has been twice sacked for lying. he clearly is a person that we cannot trust, and we therefore... order, order. the honourable gentleman is referring to parts of a member's career, i don't think he is making any allegation, i sincerely hope he isn't, if you'll let me finish... i hope he isn't making any allegation about the conduct of a member in this chamber, and he isn't, and therefore he is not out of order, he is not out of order, i know the rules and i know how to interpret them, i don't require any guidance from anybody on that matter, in very clear about that, but what i would say to the honourable gentleman is there is much to be said for moderation in the use of parliamentary language, and as somebody who likes the honourable gentleman i would urge him to be a little more cour

jada russell, a trusted friend and colleague and supporter and due to inclement weather last night my flight was canceled so i couldn't go. mr. mcnerney graciously agreed to sit in the chair for me last night when i wasn't going to be here this morning, but i'm here now and so i want to thank mr. mcnerney personally to be willing to sit in the chair with me in my absence, but as you can see i'm here. thank you. >> i appreciate the sentiment and i also appreciate the confidence that you've shown in me, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. the chair now recognizes mr. upton, the ranking member of the subcommittee, for five minutes for the purposes of an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i'm sorry to hear about your friend and i'm grateful that you didn't get on that plane because i drove home through that storm last night and i don't think that plane would have had a lot of -- yeah. smart. today's hearing continues the subcommittee's ongoing oversight of cyber security threats to the electric grid, a priority that all of us have had. while this is the first hearing specifically on the topic this year, the subcomm