[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H698-H699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECRUITING A NEW CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, the Chinese spy balloon may not have 
been the first, and it may not be the last.
  It is interesting how the Chinese can characterize an outright spy 
balloon of some sort, suggest it is only trying to find out the 
weather, whether we have sunny days or not.
  I rise to support H.R. 302 that provided for establishment of a 
program to provide financial assistance to graduate students and 
postdoctoral researchers pursuing certain courses of

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study related to cybersecurity and energy infrastructure, and other 
purposes.
  I am on the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation 
Subcommittee, and I cannot tell you how important it is to develop a 
modern, 21st century workforce and to develop the investment to give us 
the future generations of scientists and researchers critical for our 
new age of digitalization and increased security threats nationally and 
internationally.
  This is not going to be the end. It is simply the beginning. It is 
important for us, as Americans, to have that workforce that is 
entrenched in cybersecurity protecting Americans' national security.
  It is important to recruit these young people, and I look forward to 
participating with all universities in Houston on recruiting a new 
cybersecurity workforce.

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