Jim Inhofe: “these are the last few words that Senator Reed and I will say before the vote, and I want to mention something that I…”

“these are the last few words that Senator Reed and I will say before the vote, and I want to mention something that I haven't talked about as much as I probably should have. First of all, the cooperation and working with Senator Reed and his staff--this is a long enduring thing. It is hard for people to believe, but we are actually starting on next year's bill now. We have already started. I thought I would mention something that hasn't been talked about as much as it should have been talked about since we have suffered arguably the worst cyber attack in American history. This is the most significant piece of cyber legislation in American history. It contains 27 of our Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations. All 27 are in this NDAA, to include provisions that are directly relevant to the SolarWinds attack that would have allowed us to get ahead of this--most notably by allowing decisive cyber security measures in DHS to begin hunting for threats on dot-gov networks. We have other recommendations to enhance our cyber resilience for our nuclear command and control systems in this NDAA. Establishing a national cyber director is in the NDAA, strengthening the size and elevating his leadership, giving him more resources. I fear that the SolarWinds attack is a harbinger of things to come. I am very proud of the work our Commission has done, and the provisions are absolutely critical.…”