Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to start by thanking the gentlelady for yielding and for her support on this bill, and thank Chairman Smith for his support and for moving the bill early in this Congress. I also want to thank Mr. McCaul for working with me on this bill for the third straight Congress and for his broader leadership in Congress on cybersecurity issues. Two Congresses ago when Democrats were in the majority, I was the lead sponsor of this bill. Last Congress, Mr. McCaul became the lead sponsor. Both times the bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, which is a testament to the importance of this bill and to the quality of the work that has gone into it. Hopefully in this Congress, as Mr. McCaul said, the House and the Senate will finally pass this vital piece of the puzzle in protecting America's cybersecurity. When I began working on this bill in 2010, it was clear that our use of the Internet and other communication networks would continue to grow and evolve, and that threats from individual hackers, criminal syndicates, and even other governments would grow and evolve, too. This has turned out to be all too true. Just last month, the Director of National Intelligence testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that the danger of cyber attacks and cyber espionage on crucial infrastructure tops the list of global threats to our Nation.…”