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Senator Elissa Slotkin appeals to Congress to renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which incentivizes companies to report cyberattacks, making the nation safer. The expired law needs to be renewed for ten years. #Cybersecurity #DataBreach #Privacy #Congress
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On the Senate floor, Senator Lisa Slokin
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of Michigan urges Congress to renew the
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expired Cyber Security Information
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Sharing Act, a critical law that
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incentivizes companies to report cyber
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attacks. Watch her appeal to lawmakers
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right here.
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On October 1st, the Cyber Security
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Information Sharing Act of 2015 expired
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this last October or this last October
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1st. That means that companies are no
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longer incentivized to report hacks to
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the federal government. When a company
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self-reports a cyber attack, there is no
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longer a law to prevent the Justice
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Department from using that admission
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against them. And companies once again
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are incentivized to hide hacks from the
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government, which makes us all less
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safe. Companies have to see the
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government as an ally, not as a threat.
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And our safety depends on it. Because
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unlike other threats like tanks and
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nukes and subs, the weapons used in
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cyber crimes are not created, owned, and
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controlled by a government. They are
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from the private sector. So we have to
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work together to prevent these attacks.
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This law has already been consequential.
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Department of Homeland Security used it
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to respond to China's relentless salt
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typhoon campaign which targeted every
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single American's unencrypted phone
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calls and text messages. And as long as
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the law remains expired, America is less
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safe. As long as we refuse to renew it,
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we are moving backwards in keeping the
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country secure. So today, very simple.
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I'm calling on my colleagues to renew
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these protections for another 10 years.
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They're renewed for 10 years at a time
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so we can restore our cyber security
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defenses and better protect our nation.
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There's no good reason not to renew it.
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Businesses support it. The Trump
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administration supports it. My
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colleagues on both sides of the aisle
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support it.
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I know there's a proposal out there to
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extend the law instead of 10 years for
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just five weeks in the House's version
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of the temporary funding bill, but it's
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such a pivotal time for something that's
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actually a bipartisan consensus idea.
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Half measures shouldn't do. We've known
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that this was going to expire for 10
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years. Americans deserve us to not just
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deserve for it to have us not kick the
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can down the road just for another five
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weeks. There's too much at stake
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particularly given the losses among the
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American public. So some things are
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bitter bigger than party politics and
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national security should always be one
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of them. This law is essential to
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keeping the c country safe to keeping
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Americans safe. So I urge my colleagues
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to renew it. For more congressional
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news, stay tuned to Congress Clips.
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