Jose Luis Correa: “During Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's two decades in Congress serving on the Homeland Security Committee, one of her…”

“During Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's two decades in Congress serving on the Homeland Security Committee, one of her top priorities was strengthening our Nation's cyber defenses. She consistently prioritized expanding our cybersecurity workforce, recognized that investing in cybersecurity education and training would make our Nation more secure. At a time when few Members of Congress were focused on cybersecurity back in 2005, Congresswoman Jackson Lee introduced the Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act to provide funding for expanded cybersecurity education programs across the country. With her trademark persistence, Congresswoman Jackson Lee kept on fighting to expand the talent pool of trained cybersecurity professionals, most recently with the introduction last year of this legislation that we are considering today, the DHS Cybersecurity On- the-Job Training Program Act. This bill will direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, to provide cybersecurity training to Department of Homeland Security existing employees with the goal of training existing personnel to fill cybersecurity job vacancies at the Department. According to testimony before the Homeland Security Committee in June, there are nearly 2,000 cybersecurity vacancies at DHS today.…”