And fibers of the security and National Threat concerns. This subcommittee hearing is an hour and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time, welcome to todays hearing, the future of electricity delivery modernizing and securing our nations electricity grid. I want to thank our witnesses for joining us here today. This is such an important topic. Im a young guy as you can tell but ive read some history, what was like to build the electric grid a century ago. We couldnt of imagine the technologies we use to power our homes and businesses today. The real challenge was extending power itself in every form of our society and there was a challenge that those providing power make money in the cities in well Populated Areas with business and commercial opportunities, with electric the government made a basic deal, we would provide an a monopoly over providing power and a lot of these areas, firms would make a lot of m
The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 362 and the nays are 45. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Fitzpatrick, to suspend the rules h. R. 5606 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. To clerk h. R. 5606, a bill facilitate to assist in the fighting of terrorist activities and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the spe
Of the department. Cybersecurity is a complex mission for the department and requires a wide range of talent at all levels. Given the urgent nature of d. H. S. s recoupment recruitment efforts, its essential that department have this strategy in place. Secondly, the bill requires the Department Access the readiness and capabilities of its work force to meet its cybersecurity mission. Lastly, the urgent need to fill Critical National Security Missions often leads to an overreliance on contractors. To encourage students to come to work for the government is a vital in this vital arena, this legislation also directs d. H. S. To develop a plan to create a Cybersecurity Fellowship Program. Under such a program, d. H. S. Would pay Promising Students tuition in exchange for a commitment to serve for a fixed period of time at the department in a cybersecurity position. For all these reasons, i urge my colleagues to vote for h. R. 2952, and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro temp
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , april 23 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable rob woodall to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Bane he shall, speaker of the house of representatives. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend ribble, dunmar pennsylvania. The chaplain we come today knowing that you are worthy of all worship. We declare that you are the creator and sustainer of all things and the one who provides the means of forgiveness of mankind. We, your created beings are your stewards. Father, we thank you that you allow us to live into a nation that is able to worship you. Give them the ability to discern the times in which we see and to see the consequences of their actions. Guide them in making decisions that is best. Bring new spiritua