Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., said he was disappointed by the...
Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., said he was disappointed by the “anemic” cybersecurity bill that emerged from a recent House Homeland Security Committee markup. His comments came during a radio interview that aired Thursday on the Sirius XM POTUS channel (http://xrl.us/bm4hwd).…
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“It was gutted basically, really by the Republican leadership. [House] Speaker [John] Boehner [R-Ohio], and the very top members of the Republican leadership wouldn’t support it because it would have put regulation on critical infrastructure and industry has basically rejected those things, and it’s disappointing.” On Wednesday the House Homeland Security Committee approved HR-3624, the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act, authored by Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairman Dan Lungren, R-Calif. (WID April 19 p1). The final bill lacked language that would have authorized the Department of Homeland Security to develop and regulate risk-based performance standards for the nation’s core critical infrastructure. Langevin, a co-chairman of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, reaffirmed his endorsement for the House Intelligence Committee cybersecurity bill, HR-3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. “We are bending over backwards to protect privacy and civil liberties. I believe the House Intelligence bill does that [but] it could always be stronger.”