Sherwood Boehlert: “I rise to support H.R. 1259, the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 2001, and to congratulate the gentlewoman from…”

“I rise to support H.R. 1259, the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 2001, and to congratulate the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall) and the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Gordon) for their bipartisan work on this legislation and for the leadership of the past chairman, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner), who shepherded this bill through the House in the last Congress. Since the tragedy of September 11, our Nation has awakened to a new world of potential threats. Some of them before now were thought not possible. Some were thought not likely. And, unfortunately, some were simply ignored. But in the last 2 months, the world has changed and we have resolved to fortify our Nation's critical assets, to protect our airports and strengthen our infrastructure. One compelling need is to improve the security of our Nation's computer systems and the uncountable government services on which they depend.”