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Senator says decade-old cybersecurity protection expired after objection, urges bipartisan 10-year extension
Summary
An unnamed senator told the Senate that a decade-old cybersecurity protection expired at midnight after a single objection and urged colleagues to pass a bipartisan, clean 10-year reauthorization backed by the White House, the Department of Homeland Security and industry leaders.
An unidentified senator told the Senate that a critical cybersecurity protection that had been in place for a decade expired at midnight after a single colleague objected and urged lawmakers to pass a bipartisan, clean 10-year extension.
The senator said the lapse leaves the country “without this critical line of defense,” risking the security of the economy, government systems and critical infrastructure. “Every hour every hour we delay is an open invitation to cyber criminals and hostile actors to attack our economy and our critical infrastructure,” the senator said, calling the extension urgent.
The senator said the measure was originally enacted with strong bipartisan support and that the White House and the Department of Homeland Security back a 10-year reauthorization. The senator also said a broad coalition of industry leaders has urged Congress to provide long-term certainty and that Senator Rounds and the senator introduced a clean bipartisan 10-year extension in April.
The transcript does not record a vote or further procedural action on the proposal. The speaker framed the matter as an urgent national-security priority and pressed colleagues to act to restore the protections.
No date for the expiration beyond “midnight” and no formal floor motion or roll-call vote appear in the provided transcript.
