Jerry McNerney: “the problem with revising the laws, from my point of view, is that we hear extreme views from the Republican party of…”

I am concerned that our security technologies may not be keeping pace.

This much-needed bill would authorize the FTC to establish an office of technologists staffed with more than two dozen experts on information technology, cybersecurity, computer science, and related fields.

One of the bills we are considering today is H.R. 4530, legislation that I authored, which would establish an office of technologists at the FTC.

The ransomware attacks at the Colonial Pipeline and the massive hack detected by SolarWinds are wake-up calls about the increasing cyber threats we now face.