Political Quotes

“So as information comes in, it goes instantaneously into the correct area. The CEO who called me said, I didn't know that. Thank you. I have no problem with that. So I would ask my colleagues who have voted against this bill to reconsider. We are never going to do the perfect bill. The bills are going to have to be changed and amended as time goes on. But I think passing a bill is important. I think to leave this country vulnerable, not to pass a bill because somebody doesn't like this part or that part, is negligent, it is irresponsible, and God forbid if we have that major cyber Pearl Harbor that Secretary Panetta referred to in his speech. I urge my colleagues to pass this bill. I thank the Chair for the extra time, yield the floor and ask that my remaining remarks be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Let me describe what the information sharing title does specifically. First, title VII explicitly authorizes companies to search for cybersecurity threats on their own networks and to take appropriate actions to defend their networks against these threats. Many companies monitor and defend their own networks today, in order to protect themselves and their customers. But we have heard from numerous companies that the law in this area is unclear, and that sometimes it is less risky, from a liability perspective, to just hope attacks don't happen than to take additional steps to defend themselves.…”