Political Quotes

“Madam President, moving back to cyber security, we now have S. 754 before the Senate, and we have a managers' package that is pending. We have a number of amendments that have been accepted and incorporated in the managers' package. We have several amendments that we could not reach agreement on, but those Members have the opportunity to come to the Senate floor. The amendments are already pending. They can debate those amendments, and they can have a vote on their amendment. For Members who might just now be engaging or who have had an opportunity to further read the bill, there are still present opportunities to offer perfecting amendments. Let me suggest to my colleagues that when the vice chairman and I started down this road, we knew we couldn't reach unanimous consent of every company in the country and every Member of Congress. It was our goal, and I think we are pretty close to it when we look at the numbers. But there will be companies that object to this bill for some reason that I might not recognize. The vice chairman has said this and I have said it and I want to reiterate it another time: This bill is voluntary. It does not require any company in America to participate in this. It does not require any entity to turn over information to the Federal Government for purposes of the Federal Government partnering with that company to determine who hacked their system, who penetrated, and who exfiltrated personal data.…”