[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        FY 2015 FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, in these challenging times, as we work to 
protect the country from the security threats we face, I call on the 
Republican leadership to bring a clean bill to fund the Department of 
Homeland Security to the floor.
  As a senior member of the Committee on Homeland Security, I know that 
DHS plays a vital role in protecting us from threats like ISIL, and I 
strongly support those who defend our Nation, go to work every day to 
protect us, and particularly those who put their lives on the line.
  Protecting the homeland extends beyond conventional acts of terror to 
things like cybersecurity, an area that I am deeply concerned about. 
Through endeavors like the National Cybersecurity Communications and 
Integration Center and US-CERT, DHS partners with industry to defend us 
against attacks and works to protect and assist Federal agencies from 
cyber assault.
  Mr. Speaker, the attack on Sony and Anthem's massive data breach 
underscore the need for the robust cybersecurity activities supported 
by DHS. For the majority to prevent DHS' hardworking employees from 
being paid or undertaking new projects is politics trumping policy, and 
I urge my Republican colleagues to abandon their misguided strategy and 
bring a clean bill to the floor that will appropriately fund DHS.

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