Then with that, again, i thank the chairman and i now welcome our panel of witnesses. First, i would again like to welcome senator angus king, the former governor of maine, who served as cochair of this commission. Senator king currently sits on the Senate Armed Services committee and the committee on intelligence among others and has been a vocal leader on cybersecurity throughout his tenure. I welcome the senator here. Next, representative Mike Gallagher, cochair of the cyber Space Commission and current member of the house of representatives for the 8th district of wisconsin. Mr. Gallagher is a member of the house Armed Services committee and a former member of this committee. I also would like to welcome mr. Gallagher back to the committee again, back to congress after his paternity leave. I thank him for interrupting his paternity leave being with us. Again, congratulations on your daughter grace. In addition to being a huge packers fan, i know youre very proud as a father and for
Senator angus king and congressman Mike Gallagher. If i lived further north congressman al gore would be my member of congress. We are pleased to welcome Suzanne Spaulding who ill introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we
Introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we have to do something about this. Weve made a number of attempts and quite honestly we made a fair amount of progress. My own sense is the bad guys, the people and often always have
Former sanctions. Think about that. Thats something we ought to talk about. A similar scenario could be observed at the u. N. Security council. A unanimous vote by all 15 u. N. Security councilmembers would be need for sanctions to be put back in place. How many of us in this room believe that will actually happen . Do you believe that would . I dont. China and russia, both permanent members of the u. N. Security council have the most to gain from having unfettered access to iranian markets. Its been widely reported that russia is selling weapons to iran that makes the potential for israeli or american air strike just that much more difficult to carry out. Russia whorks own economy is hurting as a result of the sangs is looking to diversify its investments in other economies that show strong potential for growth. China is always looking for new sources of energy and with the elimination of internangs international sanctions, theyll have the ability to sell more oils on the internationa
I would like to continue to discuss the indignity. Involved in terms of who your friends are. Look around this chamber. You will see to the far left and the far right you have applause. Mr. Tsipras i think fidel castro wrote you a letter of congratulations on your magnificent triumph. It seems you are surrounding yourself with the wrong friends. [laughter] [applause] please continue. May i say coming else about dignity. . The dignity of others in europe. If you do not like the people, it is not extraneous Financial Institutions who will pay for this. Is going to be stained with 24 billion euros, it will be poland and france it seems to me we must look at those peoples dignity, people another eu countries. Mr. President , i would also like to bring up the principal, the concept is in dire straits. You also know what the situation is of the people in bulgaria. How can you tell work area in terms of solidarity, how can you tell the people in bulgaria in terms of solidarity, that five eu c