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Committee urged to protect CISA funding and reauthorize state and local cybersecurity grants; witnesses back workforce bills
Summary
Committee members and witnesses urged continued support for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), reauthorization of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act and the state and local cybersecurity grant program, and passage of workforce legislation such as the Cyber Pivot Act to address staffing shortages.
Members of the House Homeland Security Committee and witnesses debated the role and resourcing of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), federal grant programs for state and local governments, and workforce legislation to close an acute shortage of cybersecurity personnel.
Ranking Member Thompson reviewed the law that created CISA and said bipartisan Congresses built the agency’s authorities and funding. He warned that proposals to curtail CISA would undermine those efforts and stressed the agency’s role in resisting nation‑state threats. “We have to be clear‑eyed about the enormous task ahead,” Thompson said, referencing a history of bipartisan support for CISA’s mission.
Brandon Wales, vice president for…
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