On the recordApril 23, 2015
I yield to the gentleman from Texas. Mr. McCAUL. As an advocate for civil liberties and privacy rights, I did not oppose the inclusion of his amendment here today on the floor, and that was for good reason. I believe that we need an open and fair debate on this measure, this amendment. We need transparency in the process here on the floor. My committee has undertaken that since day one as we assembled this bill in a bipartisan fashion. While, normally, I do support sunset provisions, I think, in this case, submitting a sunset provision to this vital national security program would not be in our best interest. I have heard, time and time again, from industry and other stakeholders that a sunset would stifle the sharing of this valuable cyber threat information. It would undermine everything that we are trying to do here today as we try to incentivize participation and investment in this voluntary program. While I do have tremendous respect for the gentleman and his point of view on this, I will vote ``no'' and oppose this amendment.
