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House appropriators debate cuts to CISA and cyber programs as members warn of growing threats
Summary
Appropriations subcommittee members clashed over proposed cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, with Democrats and some Republicans saying the reductions risk weakening defenses against state‑sponsored cyberattacks.
Republican and Democratic members of the Appropriations subcommittee sparred over proposed cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) during the Homeland Security markup, with multiple members warning that reductions would leave U.S. networks more vulnerable.
Members’ concerns: Ranking members and a number of Democrats said the bill underfunds cybersecurity by hundreds of millions of dollars and that CISA had lost significant…
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