All of us . You know like most statistics they are all over the place but by any measure there are references to 85 of Critical Infrastructure and the backbone on which we ride whether you are power plant, a financial company, whether you are a shopping center. All of that the vast majority that resides in the private sector. And local government or privatelyowned. That means that the dot gout piece or the dot. Mil that is controlling United States government is a small portion and so we are incredibly reliant for all the services we rely on that are critical in many instances to our life and sustenance whether its a hospital or Financial Bank account you are vulnerable if you are hooked up to the internet. In my brilliant introduction i referred to rails, water mains and power grids. What percentage of this is in the private sector . All of it. Did everyone hear that . Privatelyowned. Its not the federal government responsibility. It doesnt come under the control of the federal govern
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Gentleman from kentucky for a minute and a half. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for main and a half. Mr. Rogers i thank the gentleman for the time. This is a bipartisan bill, and i hope every member in this house will be happy to support it. Im glad to see at the very least the senate has plans to take up this bill, stop the presses, the senate is going to take up a bill even if they wont consider most of our other bills. As we wait for the senate to come to the negotiating table on shutting the shutdown down, our federal work force should not wait to find out whether or not theyll be paid. This bill will provide back pay for those workers whove been furloughed in a fair, full and timely manner after the shutdown ends. The house has made Great Strides towards this end. In fact, yesterday, the house has approved 15 different options to fund the government, sent them over to the senate. Sadly, the only response is a loud snore. I hope this bill, which i
Unfortunately, our leaders are going to tell us that acts of terror or just something that happen, just like weather. Theres nothing they can do or better yet just pretend its not happening all around you. The bbc put it this morning, europe is quote getting use to attack like this because they have to move. Because theyre never going to be able to totally wipe this out. We hear that a lot but consider it for a minute. Why is violent terrorism and inevitability in europe now . Whether you grow up in Northern Ireland door italy or the backcountry, it was not a giving and hazard a generation or two. Ask someone who is alive then. This is new, summing has changed. What is it . The answer is most people understand but relatively few admit is the demographics change. There are a lot of muslims living in europe now. Most of them are indeed decent people as were often assured but its a presently large number of the mind. Check the numbers. In 2006 and, youre up to terrorist murdered more than
Happen, just like weather. Just accept it and move on. Theres nothing you can do or, better yet, just pretend its not happening all around you. The bbc put it this morning, europe is getting used to attacks like this because they have to. Because theyre never going to be able to totally wipe this out. We hear that a lotly but consider it for a minute. Why is violent terrorism an inevitability in europe now . C unless you grew up in Northern Ireland or italy or the basque country, it was not a significant hazard a generation or two ago. Ask someone who was alive then. This is new. Something has changed. What is it . The answer is, most people understand but relatively few admit, is the demographics change. There are a lot of muslims living in europe now. Most of them are indeed decentnt people as were often assured, but a surprisingly large number of them arent. Check the numbers. In 2006, a year after terrorists murdered more than 50 people in london on the subway bombing, a full 20 of