WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement as part of a Sept. 22, 2021, hybrid hearing on nominations for the Merit Systems Protection Board. The nominees are Cathy A. Harris to be a member and chair, and Tristan L. Leavitt and Raymond A. Limon to be members. * * * Welcome, Ms. Harris, Mr. Leavitt, and Mr. Limon. I appreciate you being here today. You three have been   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement as part of a Sept. 21, 2021, hybrid hearing entitled "Threats to the Homeland: Evaluating the Landscape 20 Years After 9/11": * * * We are here today, twenty years after the devastating attack of 9/11, to examine the evolution of the threat landscape since that fateful day. In 2001, the Taliban provided a safe haven for al Qa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement as part of a Sept. 23, 2021, hybrid hearing entitled "National Cybersecurity Strategy: Protection of Federal and Critical Infrastructure Systems": * * * Thank you, Chairman Peters for convening this hearing to continue our bipartisan oversight of Federal cybersecurity. We are here today to discuss the Federal Government's str  more