Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished chairwoman of our committee for her graciousness in not only bringing this bill back to the floor, but making it the first legislative bill we are going to consider in the new Congress. I thank my good friend from New York. I also thank my friend from Alabama for his gracious words and his partnership on so many issues on our committee on a bipartisan basis. I want to thank the majority leader for bringing this bill to the floor. I also want to thank the ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Comer; and the ranking member of our subcommittee, Mr. Hice, for cosponsoring this bill, making it as bipartisan as we get. H.R. 21, the FedRAMP Authorization Act, would finally provide a statutory framework--which we currently lack--for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, FedRAMP. FedRAMP is a standardized approach to certifying and assessing in an ongoing manner the security of cloud computing technologies used across the Federal Government. FedRAMP seeks to reduce the redundancies of Federal cloud migration by creating a ``certify once, reuse many times'' model for cloud products and services that provide cost- effective, risk-based approach to cloud adoption. Enabling the efficient and secure procurement of cloud computing technology is an important part of Federal IT modernization efforts and essential to the Federal Government's transition to a more virtual posture amid the pandemic.…”