Committee Leaders Comment on Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

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Committee Leaders Comment on Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 11, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), today issued the following statement after President Trump issued an executive order relating to cybersecurity.

“Given the importance cybersecurity plays in our daily lives, our economic well being, and its integral role in our nation’s infrastructure, we have to ensure that all federal agencies are adequately prepared and actively working to mitigate the actions of malicious actors across the country and around the globe," said Blackburn and Upton. “We welcome this review and are looking forward to working with the administration to fortify the nation’s cyber infrastructure."

Source: House Committee on Energy and Commerce