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Unidentified speaker tells Senate panel White House backs 10-year clean reauthorization, cites liability protections
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An unidentified speaker told the Senate Committee the White House supports a 10-year clean reauthorization of a foundational law, saying it provides liability and antitrust protections that enable industry information-sharing vital to national security and threat response.
An unidentified speaker told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that they and the White House support a 10-year clean reauthorization of a foundational law that governs industry information-sharing.
"Just wanna be abundantly clear that we are for, and the White House is for, a 10 year clean reauthorization," the unidentified speaker said, arguing the statute "provides necessary liability and antitrust protection for industry to share information." The speaker added the law is "important for national security" and "vital for our threat assessment and response."
The speaker framed the reauthorization as a national-security measure that sustains public- and private-sector cooperation on cyber and other threats by reducing legal barriers to sharing information. No specific bill text, statute name, or formal motion was recorded in the transcript provided. The statement in the transcript is a policy position attributed to the unidentified speaker and a reported position the speaker ascribed to the White House.
The transcript does not record any subsequent debate, questions, or a formal vote on the reauthorization in this excerpt.
