Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul). Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 1158, the DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2019. I want to thank the gentleman from Texas for managing this on the floor. I want to thank the gentlewoman from New York for her comments. Every day, we are facing threats from Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and other malicious actors trying to hit not only our Federal Government networks, but our private sector. During my time as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, I prioritized ensuring that our Nation had the capacity to respond to cyber threats and protect our critical infrastructure. I am proud to say that we have made important strides in recent years, including standing up the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within DHS. However, we must press forward with innovative solutions to respond to a constantly changing threat landscape. To that end, my bill authorizes CISA's ability to maintain cyber incident response teams to assist against cyberattacks on the government and private sector. These teams not only help respond to cyberattacks, but also help mitigate the potential destruction they cause and restore damaged networks after. Additionally, my bill allows for leading industry specialists to serve on these teams with the government and DHS to provide outside expertise.…”