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Susan Collins: “If, in fact, we just passed a very limited bill that dealt only with information sharing and did not give the Department…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
If, in fact, we just passed a very limited bill that dealt only with information sharing and did not give the Department the authority to designate what is core critical infrastructure... we would be falling short in addressing what is a very serious threat, would we not?
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins warns against limiting cybersecurity legislation to just information sharing.

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