Political Quotes

“Mr. President, in just shy of 25 minutes, the Senate will have a procedural vote on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The committee worked diligently for most of this year in a bipartisan way to achieve a balance of great policy and reported that bill out on a 14-to-1 vote. I say to my colleagues: We have reached a very delicate balance. There have been bending and twisting and giving and taking, and we have done it not only within the Senate of the United States and within the committee, we have done it with stakeholders all around the country. I will remind my colleagues that this bill we are attempting to get through the Senate is a voluntary information sharing bill, and the mere fact that it is voluntary means we have to have in place certain incentives that provide a reason for companies to participate. I commend Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Carper. Their committee and staff have worked with us side by side to try to incorporate their thoughts and the thoughts of all the agencies and also worked with stakeholders around the country. I am pleased to tell my colleagues today that we received this morning a notice from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and it says: ``The Chamber urges the United States Senate to pass CISA expeditiously. There is overwhelming support.'' When the vice chair and I ventured into this, we also made a commitment to lock arms because we thought we found the right balance.…”