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Yvette Clarke: “As the new Chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science, and Technology in the 111th Congress…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2009
As the new Chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science, and Technology in the 111th Congress, I am encouraged that one of your first acts in office you issued an action directive on cybersecurity instructing specific offices to gather information, review existing strategies and programs, and to provide oral and written reports back to you by mid-February.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke expresses support for cybersecurity initiatives by the Department of Homeland Security.

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