Cord Byrd: “So in this amendment we have $70,600,000 to combat cybercrime and cyberterrorism. We have taken this from testimony at…”

“So in this amendment we have $70,600,000 to combat cybercrime and cyberterrorism. We have taken this from testimony at last spring's homeland security hearings. These are funds that were blocked-- blocked--by the President in the $2.5 billion supplemental. Hear me now. Who asked for this money? Senators on that side of the aisle have maintained that this is a very, very worthy cause; we need to combat cybercrime and cyberterrorism. This amendment is trying to respond to that need that was evidenced by Senator Bennett at the hearings. Everybody knows we have a language translation problem in the services. We have heard that from all sources in the hearings that were held by the Appropriations Committee last spring. We heard it from the people at the local level. They could not talk with one another. And there are problems in language translation. So this was a Hart-Rudman report recommendation, and this amendment is trying to respond to that.”