“These types of solutions, they require a lot of highly skilled, specialized resources that we may not have immediately available to us,” Amy Hess, executive assistant director for science and technology at the FBI, told lawmakers at a House of Representatives hearing. When asked if it would be possible for the agency to develop those skills, she said, “No ma’am, I don’t see that as possible.” To address this, the FBI requested an additional $38 million to fight encryption in its fiscal year 2017 budget, pushing that budget to nearly $70 million.