Mike Gallagher: “I thank the ranking member not only for yielding, but for his leadership and setting an example of just being one of the…”

“I thank the ranking member not only for yielding, but for his leadership and setting an example of just being one of the most thoughtful legislators that I have ever witnessed, and so I thank him for his mentorship and his leadership. I am very proud to support this bill, which includes many of the critical recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, which I have had the privilege of co-chairing over the past year with my good friend Senator Angus King, and serving alongside my distinguished colleague and IETC Subcommittee Chairman Jim Langevin, who has forgotten more about cybersecurity than most of us, certainly myself, will ever know in our lifetime, and so his leadership has been incredible. Early on in the Commission's work, we recognized that one of our greatest challenges would be navigating through the many committees of jurisdiction, and it is precisely because of that challenge that I am especially proud that we were able to work across party and jurisdictional lines to get many of our key recommendations either in the underlying text or in a bipartisan amendment. I know over the course of the day, Congress will be advancing even more of the Commission's recommendations, such as strengthening the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, establishing a national cyber director, establishing a joint planning office to coordinate cyber planning and readiness. Mr.…”