On the recordNovember 14, 2012
We also have the endorsement of the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, the American Petroleum Institute, US Telecom, the National Retail Federation, Financial Services Roundtable, the Internet Security Alliance, and CTIA The Wireless Association. We can come together to pass the areas of SECURE IT that would allow better cooperation and also an information sharing relationship that they understand and know will help them defend against the cyber attacks. We believe SECURE IT is a superior bill, and we would like the ability to amend the bill that is on the floor to perfect it so we could send a bill to the House. If we are not able to get this bill this year, certainly I hope it will be started again with all of the relevant committees doing the markups, doing the discussion that is required for a bill of this magnitude. Many of the committees did not have markups. They did not have input into the bill. The committee process does work when we are able to use it, and I hope we will be able to go back to the drawing board, or if the majority would allow amendments down the road, if we have the time later this year, we would love to continue working with the sponsors of the legislation to see if we could come up with the amendments to which everyone could agree. It has been a tough road. We have all tried hard. I think the sponsors of the bill are sincere in wanting to improve the systems.…
