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McCaul Plans To Introduce DHS Cyber Bill Shortly But Senator Sees Hurdles

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 25th, 2017

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McCaul Plans To Introduce DHS Cyber Bill Shortly But Senator Sees Hurdles

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee shortly plans to introduce legislation that aims to better focus the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directorate responsible for conducting cyber security missions required of the department.Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Wednesday said in “about a week” he will introduce his bipartisan bill “to reorganize the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts into a single cyber security agency that will have a mission and a priority that they never really seen before.”“We have…

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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