Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentleman, and I thank him for his leadership on homeland security as well and as ranking member positioned on the Cybersecurity Committee. And I thank the chairwoman of the Cybersecurity Committee, and I thank her for this amendment which I rise to support. I am the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. There is a great deal of overlap. So I thank Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Wu, Mr. Smith, Mr. Hall. We have been fortunate as to not have a major catastrophic incident with cybersecurity, but this bill will help ensure a strategic plan for Federal cybersecurity research and development, strengthen public- private partnerships in cybersecurity, and help train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals and improve cybersecurity technical standards. Ms. Clarke's amendment is a very vital amendment, for it will help subject to the assessment of the President's committee the same assessment on employees. This will assess the contractors who are dealing with cybersecurity, including minority women and small contractors of which we hope will increase. While we have been fortunate so far in avoiding a catastrophic cyberattack, last year the Pentagon reported more than 360 million attempts to break into its networks. A 2009 Consumer Reports study found that, over the past 2 years, one in five online consumers had been a victim of cybercrime.…”