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Paul Tonko: “I believe we must acknowledge that the CFATS program is not comprehensive and that security gaps do indeed exist.”

On the recordJune 13, 2018
I believe we must acknowledge that the CFATS program is not comprehensive and that security gaps do indeed exist.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Tonko emphasizes the inadequacies of the CFATS program and existing security gaps.

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