Martin O'Malley op-ed in support of the controversial 'Protecting Cyber Networks Act'

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Matt Sheaff ?@MattSheaff 5h5 hours ago
In oped @GovernorOMalley says new agenda is urgently needed to improve nation’s cybersecurity Read more http://tinyurl.com/o9tqtds #nhpolitics

___Last week, we learned of a massive cyberattack on U.S. government data. Likely emanating from China, the attack has compromised the personal information of 4 million current and former federal employees. This security breach might be the most significant yet to take place in our country, but it won’t be the last. It signals the urgent need to advance a new agenda to improve our nation’s cybersecurity.

In the face of increasingly dangerous cyberattacks, it is imperative that we overcome gridlock in Washington. The Protecting Cyber Networks Act, a bill that seeks to improve public-private information sharing to reduce cyberthreats, has stalled in the Senate. After making changes to protect consumer data and ensure the appropriate level of legal protection for companies, Congress should pass this legislation...

read more: http://t.co/WVaY9B10Ak

...Although I strongly support Martin O'Malley's campaign for president, this cyber security bill isn't something which I'm comfortable about promoting or supporting. There are serious privacy concerns which many legislators I consider allies in Congress correctly opposed in the passage of the House bill. Gov. O'Malley makes a cursory mention of these privacy concerns and I'm interested in how much he's willing to support this bill without significant changes. His op-ed doesn't make that clear.

Here's a letter from the ACLU on this legislation:

Diverse Coalition Strongly Opposes H.R. 1560, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act pdf.


220 Republicans and 135 Democrats voted for it. 44 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against it.

Here are the 44 Democrats who voted against it:

Karen Bass (CA-37)
Xavier Becerra (CA-34)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Bob Brady (PA-01)
Mike Capuano (MA-07)
Matt Cartwright (PA-17)
Judy Chu (CA-27)
David Cicilline (RI-01)
Katherine Clark (MA-05)
John Conyers (MI-13)
Joe Courtney (CT-02)
Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Ted Deutch (FL-21)
Mike Doyle (PA-14)
Donna Edwards (MD-04)
Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Elizabeth Esty (CT-05)
Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
Alan Grayson (FL-09)
Raul Grijalva (AZ-03)
Eddie B. Johnson (TX-30)
John Larson (CT-01)
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Alan Lowenthal (CA-47)
Jim McGovern (MA-02)
Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
Rick Nolan (MN-08)
Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Mark Pocan (WI-02)
Jared Polis (CO-02)
Tim Ryan (OH-13)
John Sarbanes (MD-03)
Jose Serrano (NY-15)
Louise Slaughter (NY-25)
Mark Takano (CA-41)
Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Niki Tsongas (MA-03)
Chris Van Hollen (MD-08)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Pete Welch (VT-AL)
John Yarmuth (KY-03)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/23/1379766/-Only-63-Representatives-44-Dems-Stood-up-for-Privacy-Rights-Today

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3. It's ironic how mad we're getting over China's 'hacking' attempts...

We've outsourced the vast majority hardware construction to China. Pretty much every single thing in your computer was made, or partially made, in China.

The government gave China the keys to the house - They have no right to be angry when China decides to let themselves in.

This bill is just sputtering, trying to do something as a look good measure. This bill isn't going to have any real affect on them.

If the government wants to do something to get back at China after its repeated hacks, bringing back computer component manufacturing to the US would be a good start.