Devin Nunes: “Over the last several years, cyber attacks have become a pressing concern for the United States. The recent breach of…”

“Over the last several years, cyber attacks have become a pressing concern for the United States. The recent breach of the Office of Personnel Management has put the personal information of millions of current and former Federal employees, including many of the men and women of our intelligence community, at risk. Every day, cyber thieves attack private companies, stealing credit card numbers, accessing medical records, leaking proprietary information, and publishing confidential emails, affecting tens of millions of Americans. The intelligence community has worked to improve our cyber defenses by improving information sharing between the private sector and the Federal Government through the support of H.R. 1560, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act. While the Senate has yet to act on this bill, the legislation we consider today will help improve the Federal Government's ability to detect and defeat cyber attacks by creating the new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. This thoughtful amendment by Mr. Israel and Mr. Hanna will require that the Center produce a report on cyber threat trends and coordination on cyber threats between different government agencies. I thank the gentlemen from New York for their work on this issue and urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.”