Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2096, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act. I'd like to first thank my colleague, Mr. McCaul, for his hard work on this critical piece of national cybersecurity policy. As cofounder of the House Cybersecurity Caucus, Mr. McCaul has played a key role in this policy area that is becoming increasingly important to our Nation. Our work together on this legislation, which began last Congress, demonstrates that this bill is good, bipartisan public policy that should once again receive overwhelming support in this House. In 2009, the President called for a comprehensive 60-day review of U.S. cyberspace policy. That call and the subsequent expert recommendations contained in the report led to a series of hearings on cybersecurity R&D and resulted in the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010, which I sponsored and worked on with Mr. McCaul in the Science and Technology Committee in the last Congress. That bill passed this Chamber by a vote of 422 5. Unfortunately, it was not taken up by the Senate. Since that time, cyberthreats have only increased. So last May, Mr. McCaul and I introduced this bill once again to address the pressing education, research, and development and standards and practices aspects of cybersecurity. In America, every individual and every organization, including the Federal Government, is vulnerable to cybercrime.…”