Biden’s infrastructure plan, GOP counterproposal don’t mention cyberattacks, pipelines
Updated May 17, 2021;
Posted May 17, 2021
In an aerial view, fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Dorsey Junction Station on May 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The Colonial Pipeline has returned to operations following a cyberattack that disrupted gas supply for the eastern U.S. for days, after the company paid nearly $5 million to the hackers. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)TNS
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By Benjamin J. Hulac CQ-Roll Call (TNS) and
Tribune Media Services
Neither the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan nor the counterproposal from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., explicitly mentions cyberattacks, a topic that surged into the public eye after the May 7 hack of a pipeline system that supplies fuel to much of the East Coast.