Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, this legislation is critical to our national security, and I want to thank Representative Dan Lipinski and Chairman Bart Gordon for their leadership. We have made some incredible advancements in the use of technology in the 21st century; and with much of our Nation's public and private commerce taking place on the Internet, defending our cyberspace from cybercriminals and cyberterrorism has never been more vital to our national security. In central New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories dedicated roughly $20 million last year to this very cause. Sandia has also created a program to train our future workforce by working directly alongside Sandia researchers to secure systems and examine attack modes. Sandia National Labs is a leader in defensive cybersecurity research and development for our Nation's intelligence community and has been home to countless high-level security advancements. For decades, national laboratories across the Nation have worked to protect their own data and networks from intrusion. Of necessity, they have developed expertise in cryptography as well as sophisticated techniques to detect and thwart cyberattacks. This amendment simply includes our national labs as contributing stakeholders to the strategic management plan for cybersecurity research. Including our national labs and utilizing their cybersecurity expertise is critical to keeping our Nation's cyberspace secure, and I would urge my colleagues to support this amendment.…”