And there is a study called project valor. And there is a study of military personnel with ptsd for three years. That really helps as well. I have to subsidize with the lady that called in earlier. She sounded suicidal and i cried. I had to compose myself before i could make this call. But im glad you are putting the number up on the screen, the suicidal prevention hotline. Because she sounded so desperate. Airingin, thank you for this particular subject. It is vitally important stop vitally important, and to let people know that we are not all crazy because we have ptsd. We are struggling, but we are making it. Thank you, and got bless you. The kindank you for words. There are many people fighting this, really hard. Dedicated people like mark and caroline. This is something where there are very good people, thousands of them, and this is all they do is try to help others. It is also with her membrane that the only area in which you are seeing suicide begin to rise among the only area
The end of the fiscal year. With that i yield back. I thank the Ranking Member. Pleased to have three distinguished witnesses before us today to discuss this important topic. First, the honorable francis taylor. Became the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the u. S. Department of Homeland Security in april 2014. Hes held a variety of senior level positions over his 35year career in government service. Most recently undersecretary taylor served as the assistant secretary of state for Diplomatic Security and director of foreign missions. Thank you, sir, for being here today. Next we have the honorable nicholas rasmussen, sworn in as director of the National Counterterrorism center in december of 2014. He previously served as nctcs Deputy Director since june of 2012, prior to returning to nctc he served with the National Security Council Staff as special assistant to the president , and senior director for counterterrorism. Thank you, sir. And last but not least, Michael Ste
Its sitting over in the senate and now its time for the senate to do their job. Good morning, everyone. As we continue to advance an opportunity economy, today i wanted to highlight just one of the things that makes america exceptional. And that is the spirit of generosity that we see all across this country. We see it in homes, in schools in hospitals, in hearts. And yesterday kevin mentioned that we had the chance to visit d. C. Central kitchen right here in the heart of the nations capital. And beyond the tremendous effort to get that food and to distribute it, theyre changing lives and it was so inspiring to meet lives that had been changed, people, because of this effort, had gone to school, had got some training and now were employed. And this is one of the Many Organizations across the country that embody that spirit of generosity. In eastern washington, i visited christ kitchen and we have a campus kitchen at gonzaga, union gospel kitchen and there are so much more. A large num
The distributing threat information should not be punished but encouraged which is why we need to create legal safe harbors for companies to be able to exchange threat information without fear of being sued. Moreover better information sharing improves industrys ability to safeguard the personal data by allowing entities to keep the prying eyes of hackers outside our Health Records and bank accounts. I am pleased to announce we are aiming to resolve this dilemma and strengthen our Cyber Security foundations further. This week i am releasing the draft of a new bill that will further enhance the role as the primary federal civilian interface for the sharing of cyber threat information to enable timely , actionable, and operational efforts between the federal government and the private sector. This draft bill gives protections for exchange of cyber threat information including government to private and private to private sharing. For instance, is a major bank fell victim to cyber intrusio
Homeland Security Department in sharing cyber threat information with the private sector. From the center for strategic and International Studies in washington this is just under an hour. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Will come to csis. Im james lewis. I will be hosting this event. Were fortunate to have an old friend family and a real expert. Chairman of the House Homeland Security committee michael mccaul. In 2007, a couple of this had this idea maybe we should do a report on cybersecurity. So in talking to some people there is someone on the hill you really need to talk to. So he has been concerned with this and an expert in the field now for years and years. Works out to be about eight years, maybe a little more which is longer than almost everyone else in washington. So a true leader in the field. This is his sixth term. I dont know how he does it. I mean i would never running for election every two years sixth term. He was a former prosecutor. Worked with senator cornyn