The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 362 and the nays are 45. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Fitzpatrick, to suspend the rules h. R. 5606 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. To clerk h. R. 5606, a bill facilitate to assist in the fighting of terrorist activities and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the spe
Cybersecurity and elections very seriously. At the same time we face many other challenges to ensure every vote counts if we count both. Some of the challenges are the direct result of human action related to Older Technology and as we have seen in the past even face risks from natural events such as major storms. I would like each of you to comment on how you would rate the current cybersecurity risk in the upcoming election as it relates to other issues. From my perspective, my entire orientation and of my organization it is looking at the cybersecurity risks and threats and so all of the other things youve talked about our outside of our purview with one exception which is the Contingency Planning that the state and other jurisdictions and local jurisdictions are encouraged to do under the voluntary system guidelines can also protect against these other kinds of natural disasters and other things youve referenced. I would put at risk again as i indicated on election day very low for
Every voter gets a ballot and they can choose to mail that ballot in our drop the ballot off at a site or go went early to an early voting site as mr. Wallace mentioned or they can go on election day to a voting center. I dont mean to interrupt but to clarify and organize someone wants to vote in the Elections Office on election day they can stand in the booth and vote. Anybody can do that. Some people dont because its easier to mail it. I think the states are learning from that experience and trying to figure out whats best for their state. Oregon and washington and colorado and other states and their particular systems. Also importantly brought up the notes between the Voter Registration system and the Voting Machines and tabulation devices themselves and particularly with mail voting its very important because the voter lists are the way to deliver a ballot to someone because thats able to generate the mailing to the voters. Of course the states where they dont get ballots, they are
I will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then the Ranking Member. We are here to look at election security. Its hard to imagine a bipartisan issue. Its what president Abraham Lincoln meant when he said a government by the people. When our citizens vote, they not only elect their leaders, they choose a direction and set priorities for the nation. Elections with integrity strengthen democracy and confer legitimacy and public trust in government. Concerns with earlier systems have the passage of the 2002 help america vote act. This requires the National Institute of standards and technology for which we have jurisdiction to work with the Assistance Commission to work on the technical and voluntary guidelines for voting. We will discuss the current guidelines that are in place for the states to protect their voting and elections systems. Though they were voluntary, i hope to hear whether they were sufficient to safeguard and whether the state effectively use them. This discussi
Assistant secretary in the department of Homeland Security for border immigration and trade policy. Were also supposed to be joined by tom bush, but he had a illness that came up this morning, so was unable to join us. Well proceed with these three fine panelists for discussion of terror travel related issues and what we can be doing to prevent terrorists from exploiting the travel system in support of their objectives to carry out attacks in the United States, over seas and our allies which is a key element of their efforts in term in pursuit of carrying out attacks. You know well have a moderated discussion. Ill jump right in and put the first question to seth. If you look at the, you know, current terrorism of threat that we have with isis, very diffuse threat, with al qaeda, a variety of other groups, its very different than the threat that existed when many of the u. S. Government programs to prevent and disrupt terrorist travel were created 15 years ago, 10 years ago. So you have