Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 9, after line 5, insert the following: ``(c) Cybersecurity Operational Activity.-- ``(1) In general.--In receiving information authorized to be shared with the Federal Government under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to acquire, intercept, retain, use, and disclose communications and other system traffic that are transiting to or from or stored on Federal systems and to deploy countermeasures with regard to such communications and system traffic for cybersecurity purposes provided that the Secretary certifies that-- ``(A) such acquisitions, interceptions, and countermeasures are reasonable necessary for the purpose of protection Federal systems from cybersecurity threats; ``(B) the content of communications will be collected and retained only when the communication is associated with known or reasonably suspected cybersecurity threat, and communications and system traffic will not be subject to the operation of a countermeasure unless associated with such threats; ``(C) information obtained pursuant to activities authorized under this subsection will only be retained, used or disclosed to protect Federal systems from cybersecurity threats, mitigate against such threats, or, with the approval of the Attorney General, for law enforcement purposes when the…”