Florida, puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands have been devastated by hurricanes. I first want to express our heart felt sorrow for the millions of americans impacted by these devastating storms and say all members of this committee on both sides of the aisle stand with those affected by the hurricanes. I would also like to thank dr. Burgess, both members of the subcommittee who each recently visited puerto rico to assess the impact the hurricanes have had and continue to have on our fellow americans. This committee has been conducting oversight of the federal response to the recent hurricanes since shortly after harvey made landfall in texas. Unfortunately, i expect that our work here will continue for years to come. The committees jurisdiction involves not just Public Health issues but rebuilding the electrical grid, addressing environmental cleanup and restoring telecommunications to name only a few. The people of puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands continue to face a long
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Come up with good best practices, and implement them widely to make sure our networks are more secure. Did the Congressional Review Act rescinding the fccs broadband privacy rules have any effect on the fccs Cybersecurity Authority . Thats a good question. I think the primary problem right now with cybersecurity is that my colleagues dont agree with me, in addition i think theres a fact that our Communication Security reliability and interope interoperaability, in its current iteration, its not part of their agenda. Finally, how did the cra impact the security of consumers private information . I think were going to only time will tell but im worried about that as well. Thank you. Let the record reflect i cosigned. Thank you. Thank you, madam chair. The gentleman yields back. Theyre going to call votes in about 15 minutes. Miss rogers is seeking to be ucd to the committee for purposes of asking a question. Without objection, so ordered. Youre recognized. Thank you, chairman, blackburn,
Appreciate it. We are here today to examine the department of health and Human Services Public Health preparedness for and response to the 2017 Hurricane Season. In the last two months, texas, florida, puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands have been devastated by hurricanes. I first want to express our heartfelt sorrow for the millions of americans impacted by these devastating storms, and say that all members of this committee on both sides of the aisle stand with those affected by these hurricanes. I would also like to thank dr. Burgess and dr. Ruiz who each recently visited puerto rico to assess the impact these hurricanes have had, and continue to have on our fellow americans. This committee has been conducting oversight of the federal response to the recent hurricanes since shortly after harvey made landfall in texas. Unfortunately, i expect that our work here will continue for years to come. The committees jurisdiction involves not just the Public Health issues well be discuss