those were from nationstate, non-nationstates in that environment looking to pile on and that information sharing was built on decade-long relationship that we established. >> in light of the typhoon in the treasury department, how do you suggest our cybersecurity posture? >> the compromise was interesting because using, going after 1/3 party, going after 1/3 party security application beyond trust, treasury security has dramatically improved over the past 8 years but i would say we are forcing adversaries to go after more complex targets, launch more complex operations using third-party supply chain attack which is good but also puts increased burden on us as a country to make sure we are looking for those more complex attacks, that we are managing third-party risks, understanding how they can you supply chains to target our most critical systems and what we can or should expect from technology providers to make sure their software in the technology they provide to government and industry is as secure as possible. >> in that context we look at third-party providers and there is a vulnera

it is governed by narco trafficking organization that has empowered itself of a nationstate. and we have seen i believe upwards of 9 million venezuelans have left the country, more expected to leave. i was in strong disagreement with the biden administration because they got played the way i knew they would get played. they entered into negotiations with maduro, he agreed to have elections, the elections were completely fake, they leveraged migration against us to get the concessions, and now they have general licenses were companies like chevron are providing billions of dollars of money into the regime's coffers, and the regime kept none of the promises the na -- they made. in venezuela you have a very strong iranian presence. iranians are beginning to build drone factories for the manufacture of iranian drones in our own hemisphere, not to mention the long practice of the venezuelan regime of providing real but illegitimate passports for operatives to hezbollah. lastly to cuba because it has been more enduring. the problem in cuba is despite being a communist regime and ma

we will discuss the threat posed by our other three nationstate adversaries who leverage cyberspace,ussia, iran and north korea. i recognize myself for an opening statement. good morning, everyone. now that we are officially organized as a committee, i would like to welcome everyone to the 119th congress. we were discussing earlier the 119. we have a lot of work to do. to support and secure the homeland. that is why cybersecurity is our top priority and it is why the topic of our first full committee hearing is cybersecurity. in today's interconnected world virtually every aspect of american life is impacted by cybersecurity. from our nation's health care system, water supply to simple internet browsing. cyberspace is increasingly becoming a digital battlefield. america's adversaries use cyberspace to undermine our sovereignty and threaten the services and infrastructure that america depends on. the people's republic of china, russia, north korea, iran and critical actors weaponize cyberspace to harm our nation. they are only getting more sophisticated and unfortunately more aggressi

we've got will more than one nationstate.owered the author of this citizenship clause in the 14th amendment explained jurisdiction meant and allegiance to the united states. not just a presence of a baby that is born and allegiance to the united states. not mere presence in the united states he pointed out that it will not i'm quoting him, of course include persons born in the united states who are foreigners, aliens who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers are credited to the government of the united states. could they be clearer? no. there is absolutely nothing, nothing in the language, the text of the 14th amendment citizenship clause that confers universal birthright citizenship. there's nothing in the legislative history. they cannot quote a single person, nothing. either in the 1866 civil rights act or the 14th amendment debates to support the idea of universal birthright citizenship. if there is, let's see it right now. right now let's see it. they cannot produce it. you hear people on tv say the

it is governed by narco trafficking organization that has empowered itself of a nationstate. and we have seen i believe upwards of 9 million venezuelans have left the country, more expected to leave. i was in strong disagreement with the biden administration because they got played the way i knew they would get played. they entered into negotiations with maduro, he agreed to have elections, the elections were completely fake, they leveraged migration against us to get the concessions, and now they have general licenses were companies like chevron are providing billions of dollars of money into the regime's coffers, and the regime kept none of the promises the na -- they made. in venezuela you have a very strong iranian presence. iranians are beginning to build drone factories for the manufacture of iranian drones in our own hemisphere, not to mention the long practice of the venezuelan regime of providing real but illegitimate passports for operatives to hezbollah. lastly to cuba because it has been more enduring. the problem in cuba is despite being a communist regime and ma

nation with a history and great culture and the deviated into a rogue state which caused the only nationstaten the world the calls for another state so that is why we are very suspicious many, we believe that there has to be clear message sent by world leadership for the iranian someone we tried to expand it and homes were attacked by the iranians. we were under silent and of course we took serious steps back against that met. we have to be clear that this is unacceptable anywhere up declared yesterday and is hope for that. finally. >> did you will go take us back to the fundamental question of israel security situation which to me looks like massively improved and iran and does that all leave you more optimistic or because of all of the real issues are you more wary optimistic. >> no, have actually more optimistic and think that our people in our nation has shown immense resilience of people left their homes rated people older than you and me all of the way up to 96 i volunteered i went to the army many of them are conserving hundreds and hundreds of days leaving everything behind. simply to

for those nationstates that wish to compete with us, i say, that we need a big competition and not see it as an obstacle so cooperation, and to all people, i say that after 200 years, america still remains confident and youthful in its commitment to freedom and equality, and we always will be. [applause] during this election year, we candidates will ask you for your votes, and some of us will be demanded, our visions. my vision of this nation and its future has been deepened and matured. during the 19 months that i have campaigned among you for president, i've never had more faith in america than i did today. we have an america that is barely being born, not busy dying. [applause] we can have an american government that is turned away from scandal, and is once again decent and competent as our people. we can have an america that has reconciled its economic need with its desire for an environment, that we can pass on with pride to the next generation. we can have an america that provides excellence and education to my child, your child, and every child. we can have an america that encou

by the way it's not just disinformation it's flat out influencing nationstate views of the united states at large by promoting conspiracy theories internally and other countries underminey us. undermine our standing wethington africa on christmas in the western hemisphere as well. to bew there, to show we don't brag about what we do. there are literally programs like usaidid they do not allow's to label it as made it in america might offend someone locally. do not do good enough job of promoting we have done historically and continue too do to help our fellow man around the world. perks china spending $10 billion per year on that propaganda misinformation operation. when budgets get sent up to the hilt the proposed big increases in military spending giant decreases and the kind of tools available to you. i do look forward to working with you make sure we've given you.full suite of tools necessary toer confront our adversaries, thank you, mr. chairman. >> think it stir murphy will take a break night portrait of m getting back here in five minutes. we've still got a long ways to go with th

the intelligence community that china is our greatest adversary in the sense of the only other nationstate that is capable of challenging and even supplanting the u.s. as the world superpower, economically, militarily and technologically. we talked appropriately, david, about the great power competition that has become a term that we talk about in dealing with china and russia and its appropriate but i d a term with in it which is a greater power competition, and that is a competition between two, the united states and china. the point, the reason i came up with that and the reason i talk about that is you mentioned my time in congress on the intelligence committee and seeing intelligence. but when i became the director of national intelligence on the category of the site of the wall or the other side of the curtain and we look at all of our intelligence for what it said it was so clear that china and china alone presented the greatest national security threat, and that wasn't something i'd seen as a member of congress. that was one of the reasons i did something that dni's typically don't

latin america, this is very dangerous for this is a world where security is not confined to the nationstates. threats are transnational. that is a very real practical implication for american security. taxpayers should care about this not just for security but also because americans want to live in a world where they can trade, do business, go to school, travel all over the world. right? it's inherently and again since jefferson's time this is not new. but the evacuation is at the top. if you go around america people are proud of the peace corps cot experiences. the mission abroad. we are deeply international in our mindset. and so to have a world where it's not safe for your kids to study abroad it's not safe for your business to do business. where the rules on the road and the rules of governance, of economic interdependence are being distorted is essentially not good for america's prosperity. for america's safety and for the magnification and the representation of what america stands for. i could go on and on of other examples for the transnational repression is incredibly dangerous and u

this is a world where security is not confined to the nationstate and where threats are transnational and it is deeply scary. that is a very real, practical implication for american security. now the taxpayers really should care about this not just for security reasons, but also because americans want to live in a world where they can trade, do business, go to school, travel all over the world. we think about america, america is inherently an international society read we vacillate between isolationism and international-ism. we have gone back and forth, so this is not new, but really the vacillation is at the very top. if you go around america, people are proud of their peace corps experiences, their missions abroad, their travel abroad, their immigrant roots. we are deeply international in our mindset. to have a world where it is not safe for your kids to study abroad, it is not safe for your kids to do business, where the rules of interdependence are being distorted is essentially not a good for americans prosperity, for american safety, and for the manifestation representation of w

as nationstates around the world and even our own government engage in practices that are sure to encourage behavior and or our ability to curb the spread of infectious diseases , novel or otherwise, we cannot hide our heads in the sand. and this, my friends, is caused for grave concern. that is why it is indeed 8090 seconds to midnight. >> thank you. and thank you to our panel. i went to echo president santos's comment there are actions that we can take to reduce these risks. it is the judgment of the science and security board that we are at the most dangerous moment. our hope for the coming year is that the world commits to turning back the hands of the clock. on behalf of the bulletin of atomic scientists. i thank you for your time and attention. it is 89 seconds to midnight. we are adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org

of shared or collaborative sovereignty that i think needs to be more of the future as opposed to nationstate sovereignty which is simply inadequate and anachronistic. we look at the african union and other regional organizations. i think part of what the logic of the future suggests is that actually we should work to strengthen those organizations and help them become more effective and take on more responsibility and do it in coordination with united nations. one thought there is to give them participation and standing in some fashion in the work of the security council in the same way that some of them are invited to the g20. so that we are decentralizing the process but also coordinating it at the same time. i think the e.u. offers a powerful model. not that it needs to be replicated exactly. but the lessons from e.u.'s success and challenges, and shortcomings are important as we think about building regional capacity elsewhere. brian: do you see potential success in other regions around the world? where would you take that mottled next? stephen: the african union is the one i with the fo

some of the deals we have had to make to bring americans home is increasing the amount of people nationstatesg hostage. maduro might be a notable exception but for the most part our numbers have been as high as 74 and have gone down to a small number at this point, but in terms of raising the costs, if you could build a multilateral coalition that can work together to impose costs, to share information, to enact preventative measures, that's a good step. secondly, we want to expand the u.s. toolkit. we have been quick to use diplomacy in terms of our national elements of power but there are other tools we need to create and strengthen and that could be across the information space, economic, financial, legal. there are other tools we will be growing to build -- to put a lid on this action. we are also working with multilateral partners. additionally, we are trying to build partnerships that will allow us to work on this with the private sector and nongovernmental sources. and strengthening norms so we have the mechanisms to put this to rest. amna: ambassador, thank you for joining us. mr. car

rubio: not only have i been concerned, i have been the target of misinformation from multiple nationstates and i have learned over time that the best way to confront disinformation is through a flood of free speech that allows the counter point of view to be heard and understood. i think multiple u.s. companies are now admitting when we get ourselves into a position of determining what is true and what is not in using the tools of government to go after them, particular when in -- when ample case to mystic entities. it is one of the tools they have. it is not just disinformation. it is flat out influencing nationstate views of the united states by promoting conspiracy theories internally in other countries that undermine us and undermine our standing, whether it is in africa or increasingly you see it in the western hemisphere as well and one of the best ways to combat that is to be present, to show what we do and brag about what we do. one of the things that frustrates me the most is there are literally programs where they do not allow us to label things as a gift from the american people

companies who are already so rich that john secretary of state said we need to treat them like nationstates. why should visa overstays tech giants effectively get aid free subsidy on the backs of british creator? >> i don't think they should. i think we need to get the bow the fight but i also think we have a huge opportunity. we are one of the top three in the world in ai at the very point where ait is going to be transformative, and that puts us in a really good position against our competitors around thewa world. i don't want us to lose of that. i think ai is going to transform that just the delivery of public service come not just productivity with a narcotic of badges what we deliver in government. it's going to change the lives of peopleut throughout the couny ways we could very imagine at the moment. i want us to take advantage of that. i do think it is a a questionf posture, accept that. the one posture could be this is a huge opportunity that we should take advantage of as a country. .... ourselves against any impact. i'm in the first camp on this. we need to get it right when it c

they have figured out it's not hard to figure out the smallest nationstate of the general assembly. work hard not just court but entrapped a handful of boats around the world in places like that they go into these countries they don't just provide a million dollars or a billion dollars to build the stadium to give you five or $6 million on the table for your family and friends but they do not place after placer seen that practices well in africa. were not bribing anybody were not going to do that certain illegal for american companies to do it many cases have legit we prefer to have your stuff role for the only alternative to take the chinese investment even comes with strong strings attached. that include things like that diplomacy or debt traps and expectations at these forms. or choose the phrasing to fuel our economy people who live in form developing nations need to build a fuel their economy as well. to improve lives many countries you travel to and i have we have seen what it can do to make it harder for them. we have anke ability to help thm developp a stable energy supply c

persistent threat of international terrorist organizations, and a constant theme of cyber threats from nationstates and their actors attacking our critical infrastructure. the run-of-the-mill criminal. adding to all this has been a focus of mine and i know so many of us on the committee that the revolutions in technology from ai to advances in energy require i believe fundamental changes in how we operate. and though it is an effect the very fabric of warfare in many ways changing, i believe very strongly that national security is no longer determined by simply who has the most powerful ships and tanks, but who also will lead this technology competition from semiconductors to drones. i believe we have made progress on this but we have a long way to go that pic must continue to adapt to these challenges -- that the ic -- it was better organized under the development and use of advanced technology by our adversaries. because that pose a dramatic threat to the united states leadership. the truth is, if we are not staying ahead of that, the to do before this for these technologies to get us in a strang

companies who are already so rich that your own secretary of state said we need to treat them like nationstates. why should these overseas tech giants effectively got a free subsidy on the back of british creators? >> i don't think they should. i think we need to get the balance right. but i also think we have a huge opportunity. we are one of the top three in the world in ai at the very point where ai is going to be transformative and that puts us in a really good position against our competitors around the world. i don't want us to lose that edge. i think ai is going to transform not just the delivery of public service, productivity within our economy, not just the way we deliver in government it's going to change the lives of people throughout the country in ways we can barely imagine at the moment. i want us to take advantage of that. i do think it is a question of posture. one posture is this is a huge opportunity. we should not be taken advantage of in the country. it's a great danger that we should sort of heavily regulated ourselves against any impact. i'm in the first camp on this. we

i would say china is our greatest national security threat from a nationstate perspective. before i became dni i chaired the cybersecurity subcommittee on the homeland security and have dealt with those issues. i was one of the more prolific cyber legislators. cybersecurity as a threat to our position in the world, i call it the great equalizer. and were we to get better, where our adversaries see that, for instance, a country like iran cannot compete with us kinetically but in cyberspace they can come a lot closer. and again, going back to things like the solar winds attack, it really demonstrates where our vulnerabilities are. and right now, very clearly that incident and some of the other things that have taken place, really sort of underscore that, from a cyber perspective, we need to get better about our defenses. one of the challenges, as you know, david, people say, well, why didn't the intelligence community stop this? the nsa and cia are precluded from using these authorities and we trust dhs and the fbi to be the first line of defense with regard to some of these

addressing the real threats like border security, cyber attacks, or the rising influence of adversarial nationstates. the priorities of dhs have been deeply distorted, and the american people are paying the price. and what about dhs's response to covid-19, arguably one of the greatest threats to homeland security? the answer is clear -- nothing. they knew nothing of the origins. they did not study the issue, and they had no information about gain of function research. we have seen firsthand how unchecked government overreach leads to waste, fraud, and abuse. we cannot let dhs become yet another agency that operates find a veil of secrecy. the american people's of transparency, accountability, and leadership that puts national security and liberty hand in hand, not at odds with each other. today, we gather to consider the nomination of governor kristi noem to serve as the head of the department of homeland security. i hope this hearing will set this committee's work to restore transparency and accountability to an executive branch that has grown unchecked. governor noem, if confirmed, you would lead

the intelligence community that china is our greatest adversary in the sense of the only other nationstate that is capable of challenging and even supplanting the u.s. as the world superpower, economically, militarily and technologically. we talked appropriately, david, about the great power competition that has become a term that we talk about in dealing with china and russia and its appropriate but i d a term with in it which is a greater power competition, and that is a competition between two, the united states and china. the point, the reason i came up with that and the reason i talk about that is you mentioned my time in congress on the intelligence committee and seeing intelligence. but when i became the director of national intelligence on the category of the site of the wall or the other side of the curtain and we look at all of our intelligence for what it said it was so clear that china and china alone presented the greatest national security threat, and that wasn't something i'd seen as a member of congress. that was one of the reasons i did something that dni's typically don't

the second set of uncertainties is around the resumption of nationstates and the like.'s a lot of uncertainty in the world. i would say having some sense that things are going to happen in the u.s., europe, around the world, i think it galvanizes the corporate community. how fast will that be? i think an important catalyst to this will be, there are the better part of 1900 companies, five years of life on average, those companies need to move. i couldn't tell you exactly the pacing of that activity but we have been below trend in the m&a market. i think we will be trendline or higher. i think it will be everything. you have talked about the paucity of investable names, especially when you get past the big seven companies. i think, yes, it can be painful for a young company to be public, but you get in during come a long term value from shareholders that can also add some value. you can use that currency to make other acquisitions. the ipo product is alive and well. what has happened, financials agents of the markets, the intersection of private and public has come of ag

the intelligence community that china is our greatest adversary in the sense of the only other nationstate that is capable of challenging and even supplanting the u.s. as the world superpower, economically, militarily and technologically. we talked appropriately, david, about the great power competition that has become a term that we talk about in dealing with china and russia and its appropriate but i d a term with in it which is a greater power competition, and that is a competition between two, the united states and china. the point, the reason i came up with that and the reason i talk about that is you mentioned my time in congress on the intelligence committee and seeing intelligence. but when i became the director of national intelligence on the category of the site of the wall or the other side of the curtain and we look at all of our intelligence for what it said it was so clear that china and china alone presented the greatest national security threat, and that wasn't something i'd seen as a member of congress. that was one of the reasons i did something that dni's typically don't