Tomorrow, the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection will hold a hearing to discuss how the United States can improve its offensive cyber operations as part of national security efforts. The session, chaired by Andy Ogles (R-TN), will focus on the changing roles of federal agencies and private sector partners in these activities.
The hearing comes as countries such as China, Russia, and Iran continue to target U.S. networks with advanced cyber campaigns. According to the committee announcement, “As cyber operations become central tools of statecraft and conflict, and as adversaries such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Iran continue targeting U.S. networks and infrastructure with increasingly sophisticated campaigns, it is critical that the U.S. government maintain a proactive, coordinated, and forward-leaning cyber posture.” The committee aims to review operational, legal, and policy frameworks guiding offensive cyber actions across government agencies. The goal is to clarify responsibilities among agencies and industry partners while improving coordination.
The hearing is titled “Defense through Offense: Examining U.S. Cyber Capabilities to Deter and Disrupt Malign Foreign Activity Targeting the Homeland” and will take place at 10:00 am EST in Room 310 of the Cannon House Office Building. Witnesses include Joe Lin from Twenty Technologies; Emily Harding from the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Frank Cilluffo from Auburn University’s McCrary Institute; and Drew Bagley from CrowdStrike.
Testimony from witnesses will be made available online. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube for public viewing. Press attendance requires congressional credentials with advance RSVP.
In December 2025, Chairman Ogles joined Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) for a joint hearing about threats posed by foreign use of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and cloud infrastructure. This followed letters sent by Chairmen Ogles, Brecheen, and Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) requesting testimony from Anthropic, Google, and Quantum Xchange after an Anthropic report indicated that a Chinese state-sponsored actor used AI systems for largely autonomous cyber espionage.
Earlier in November 2025, two cybersecurity bills led by Chairman Ogles passed in the House: H.R. 5078 reauthorizes DHS’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program with broad support from both industry groups and government entities; H.R. 2659 creates an interagency task force focused on threats from Chinese state-sponsored actors.
During Cybersecurity Awareness Month last year, Chairman Garbarino wrote an opinion piece urging stronger collaboration between public agencies and private companies to address nation-state cyber threats.
