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McCaul Urges Senate Action on Bipartisan Cyber & Election Security Legislation

Date: Aug. 8, 2018
Issues: National Security Technology and Communication Defense

Under the leadership of Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), the House Homeland Security Committee has prioritized cybersecurity legislation over the last several years and has taken strong bipartisan action.

Recently, Vice President Mike Pence spoke out on the importance of Chairman McCaul's bipartisan House-passed legislation, H.R. 3359, to enhance DHS's vital cybersecurity and critical infrastructure-related missions and authorities by streamlining the current structure of the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) and elevating it to a stand-alone operational organization to be known as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

In addition, the Committee has held hearings on the cyber threat to election and other critical infrastructure and has championed legislation to strengthen our nation's cyber defenses and enhance the resilience of our critical infrastructure, including H.R. 3359, H.R. 2825, and H.R. 5074. While these actions will do much to improve our cybersecurity capabilities, there is more work to be done.

Chairman McCaul: "With each passing day, the cyber threats facing our homeland continue to grow. FBI Director Christopher Wray said last week, "This threat is not going away. As I have said consistently, Russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day.' Russia is not our friend, and we cannot allow anyone to undermine the confidence in our electoral process.

"The House has passed bipartisan bills to protect our digital networks from cyber intruders--including nation states, hackers, and cybercriminals--who are relentless in their pursuit to target our election and other critical infrastructure. I encourage the Senate to take up these key measures quickly so we can to provide the direction and support needed to best combat an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape to keep the American people and our democracy safe and secure."


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