Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend for yielding and echo the gratitude for her leadership and the bipartisan leadership of the subcommittee. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill that I was proud to help introduce, to deliver urgently needed investments to address the vulnerabilities that persist in State, local, Tribal, and territorial cyber infrastructures. These cyber threats are real, and our communities need help. I have spoken with a county auditor just recently who said she is conscious that her systems are constantly targeted. I have spoken with public power providers who understand that, in the absence of sufficient cybersecurity, we could see an attack that would wipe out our critical utilities for citizens and could undermine our economy. I have recently spoken with a Tribal leader who said that they have enough technology challenges without seeing the threat of cyberattack compound things. I have spoken with a county hospital in my district that was hit by a ransomware attack. This bill is about letting those folks know and the people whom they serve know that they are not on their own, that the Federal Government understands that cybersecurity vulnerabilities don't only exist in marble buildings in Washington, D.C., but that they exist in communities in every State in our Nation, and with this bill the Federal Government says: We are going to have your back.…”