I thank the gentleman for yielding. This amendment increases the privacy and civil liberties protections in our bill; therefore, I urge a ``yes'' on Congressman Connolly's amendment.
Dutch Ruppersberger
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Dutch Ruppersberger is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 2nd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as national security, economic development, and education throughout his tenure. Ruppersberger has been involved in various legislative initiatives and has served on several committees, including the House Intelligence Committee.
Our bill now enables companies and the government to have the option to hire independent contractors to handle cyber threat information. It helps bring talented people into our cybersecurity workforce; it provides jobs; it is good for our…
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How much time do I have remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 10 minutes remaining.
I now yield 2 minutes to a senior member of our committee who worked very hard on this bill, the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson). He's been with us for the last 3 years attempting to pass a bill that will help our country and…
The bill would facilitate the sharing of cyber intelligence between the government and the private sector.
At this time, we have one speaker. We're waiting for more; but if they don't come, we'll move on.
I yield myself such time as I may consume. First, I do want to acknowledge the work that has been done by Dennis Kucinich as a Member of Congress. Dennis and I don't always philosophically agree, but I respect that he has a good point of…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, there's been talk about the FISA Amendments Act as a backdoor collection on Americans and does not sufficiently protect civil liberties. This is not the case. We are all Americans. We…
How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 5 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Michigan has 2 minutes remaining.
I'm proud that the bill under consideration has an emphasis on supporting counterintelligence resources. Last year, the chairman and I made it a priority to review the community's counterintelligence posture after learning more about the…
First, I support this amendment as a continuation of the work that we have begun in Congress as an attempt to focus our intelligence community and the executive Agencies to this important threat that my friend and colleague has made.





