Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, our adversaries are growing bolder and more sophisticated in using cyber tools to gain access to government and critical infrastructure networks. As we speak, the Federal Government and its private-sector partners are working to understand the full scope and scale of the telecommunications hack by state-sponsored threat actors from China, known as Salt Typhoon. The Salt Typhoon telecom hack followed warnings issued earlier this year by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its Federal partners that state-sponsored threat actors from China are ``seeking to pre-position themselves on IT networks for disruptive or destructive cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure.'' H.R. 9769, the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act, formalizes interagency efforts already underway to defend against state-sponsored threat activity directed by the People's Republic of China. Notably, it would establish an interagency task force and a reporting requirement to ensure Congress is informed of sector-specific cyber threat trends and additional resources or authorities the government needs to protect government and critical infrastructure networks, among other things. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 9769, and I reserve the balance of my time.”