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State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 30, 2020
Location: Washington, DC


Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5823.

Preparing our State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments for the increasing number of cyber threats they face is a necessary priority.

Cybersecurity preparedness is ineffective if our only focus is on Federal preparedness. It is incumbent on us to ensure that our State and local partners are taking advantage of the resources that we can offer so they, too, can prepare for the threats that they might face. H.R. 5823 will do just that. It establishes a matching grant program for State and local governments to access and close vulnerabilities in their IT systems.

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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