Daniel E. Lungren: “I think you do what we've done in the past, which is require the companies responsible to pay for the remediation.”

I do think it did cross a Rubicon and certainly serves as a harbinger of what we are going to be looking to in the future.

I believe identifying the threat is critical to combating this problem and protecting our critical infrastructure.

We need to recognize that and do what is right for the country, and we can't allow ideology to trump common sense.

I don't view that as a criticism, I view that as a maturation of our responsibilities in a fiscally challenging time.