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Rep. Madison Cawthorn backed off a false claim he made about being the first freshman lawmaker to get a bill passed in the House after being called out on social media.
The North Carolina Republican initially sent out a tweet on Wednesday celebrating such a feat despite Democratic Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux already having achieved the feat in March with her Paycheck Protection Program extension bill. Freshman Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino also got his Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act passed in April, which shores up funding to help with security efforts and improve the response that transit agencies would have for potential terror attacks.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday on the Senate floor that he would not back a bill that would form a 9/11-style commission into the January 6 Capitol riot.
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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.
Legislation to Fund State and Local Cybersecurity Efforts
This should have a high possibility of being passed.
May 14, 2021 • Here are the highlights of a new bi-partisan cybersecurity “funding” bill that I think will see the light of day:
Establishes a $500 million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant program that incentivizes states to increase their own cybersecurity funding.
Requires DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to develop a strategy to improve the cybersecurity of state, local, tribal and territorial governments.
Requires state, local, tribal and territorial governments to develop comprehensive cybersecurity plans to guide use of grant dollars.
Establishes a State and Local Cybersecurity Resiliency Committee so state, local, tribal and territorial governments can advise CISA on their cybersecurity needs.