Mike Pompeo: “I appreciate this opportunity to offer a second amendment to this incredibly important piece of legislation that's been…”

“I appreciate this opportunity to offer a second amendment to this incredibly important piece of legislation that's been worked on for an awfully long time to balance the security needs of our Nation and the privacy rights of every United States citizen. Similar to the first amendment I offered, this amendment addresses some of the concerns raised by me, privacy folks, and civil libertarian advocates to make very clear the intentions of this legislation. I talked earlier about the threat we face today. It's real, it's foreign, it's domestic, and these cyberattacks are an enormous risk to our national security and to our economic security. I now strongly support this legislation. I've had a chance to work with Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger to solidify limitations on this legislation that make it very clear that this government's use of this information will be limited. I think some have claimed incorrectly that the current bill could be read to provide new authority to the Federal Government to install its Einstein system on private sector networks and to monitor traffic and send it back to the government with absolutely no limitations. That's wrong. This amendment, however, makes it even more clear.…”