Political Quotes

“today the Senate turns its attention to the cybersecurity bill. It is way overdue. The bill, which is OK, is better than nothing--let's put it that way. The ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, Senator Feinstein, and the chairman of that committee, Senator Burr, have worked hard on this legislation, which addresses a serious national security issue. In fact, it is so serious that we should have addressed this topic long ago. We tried to. As Senate Democrats, we tried so very hard. We had a comprehensive cybersecurity bill on the floor 3 years ago which was much deeper and better than this one--3 years ago--but our Republican colleagues blocked us from even debating the bill. We couldn't even debate the bill. Why? They, the Republicans, were told the chamber of commerce didn't like it. At about the same time, the chamber of commerce's whole operation was hacked by the Chinese. The people who worked down there expected things to come out in English, but they came out in Chinese. But they didn't like the bill anyway, so they told the Republicans to oppose it, and they marched over here and opposed it. Democrats, however, realize cybersecurity is a serious issue. We know how important cybersecurity is for the national security of our country and the financial security of our economy. Even though this bill is not our perfect bill, we are going to cooperate with our Republican colleagues.…”