and that leader, i think, needs to be sisa. think the biden administration missed a great opportunity to do that in national security memorandum 22, even though sisa was telling them to do it and asking for that lead responsibility. they did not get it. i think we need to, as we redo national security memorandums and things, i think an upgrade to that to put sisa in charge. this is a bipartisan issue, you know, this committee created cisa. you need it to be the leader -- the leader on the hill. in the aftermath of the loper bright decision, the chevron deference precedent, mr. chairman, i think this is a perfect opportunity for us to be specific in this committee and to take what admiral montgomery is saying and designate a lead agency and actually tell the agencies what we want them to do, not just give them the open blank chalkboard to write what they think is best, but for congress to take an oversight role. in your written testimony, admiral montgomery, you used the term lying in wait when you're referring to the volt typho

sisa might play since that's kind of where we are today and i'll start with you, mr. myers, and we'll kind of go down. >> thank you, ranking member. we would happily work with any federal agency that is charged with securing the cybersecurity of the united states. as far as which agency is appropriate, i'd defer to the federal government on that one. >> i do believe that we need a cisa and the specific one that you all have authorized. you've worked the last 4 years to modify cisa's actual authorities year after year. i do think i'd like cisa to focus on their role as the risk manager for the country. in other words, bringing together risks from all the different sectors and understanding which are the number one risk areas that we need to address. i've pointed out rail, ports, and aviation that cuts across multiple federal agencies. so you do need one quarterback of the team to bring together all the different risks that they've assessed. and provide that guidance. the current brandon, in his last job, cisa made a recommendation to the white house for that, and the n