Political Quotes

“I thank my very distinguished and effective colleague from Delaware for his great work as part of a team that has sought to enhance the protections of privacy in this bill. His perspective as a local official, as a constitutional expert, as someone who cares deeply about privacy and civil liberties, has been invaluable to this effort. He too has participated in the critical infrastructure team which both of us have been privileged to join with Senators Whitehouse and Kyl, who have been so enormously helpful in this effort. I join him as well in thanking our colleagues Senators Akaka, Durbin, Franken, Sanders, and Wyden for their very important efforts to protect privacy and civil liberties in the information-sharing title of the cybersecurity act. We have truly worked as a team and, in many ways, a bipartisan team in forging this legislation. Of course, we have followed the lead of Senators Lieberman and Collins who have been at the forefront of this effort, as well as Senators Rockefeller, Feinstein, and Carper, who deserve our appreciation for drafting the bill, shepherding it through committee, and bringing a modified version to the floor where now we have the historic opportunity to move forward. I am here to urge my colleagues, in fact, to move forward and vote to proceed to the bill later today. We have made good progress on this legislation.…”