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Pete Sessions Applauds the Passage of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act

Statement

Date: Dec. 1, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Infrastructure

U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement applauding the passage of H.R. 3410, the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act:

"Today's passage of Congressman Trent Franks' Critical Infrastructure Protection Act is an important first step towards protecting our nation from a potentially catastrophic nationwide blackout. This legislation would direct the Department of Homeland Security to enhance our nation's threat assessments of electromagnetic pulses (EMP) and implement plans on how to best protect and recover should an EMP event occur. I applaud Congressman Franks for his tireless work on this piece of legislation and I am proud to support this bill in an effort to secure our electrical grid, open the lines of communication to educate the public about this potential threat, and implement effective measures to protect our nation's critical infrastructure."


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