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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on the passage of H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act:

“Everywhere, every day, Americans are connected in some way to the Internet. While our growing dependency on connectivity has improved our quality of life, it has made us extremely vulnerable to those who seek to exploit this information and disrupt our critical services. In our ever-evolving technological society, new highly-sophisticated cyber threats are emerging every day. A coordinated cyber-attack can interrupt our national defense systems, bring down portions of the power grid, affect the quality of our water supply or a private company’s network within a matter of minutes, jeopardizing the private security information of individuals worldwide.

“The National Cyber Security Protection Advancement Act, H.R. 1731, provides a framework that allows the private sector to work, voluntarily, with the Department of Homeland Security to share pertinent cyber security information. Due to the clandestine nature of cyber warfare, a network could be hit at any time; and this bill will allow for the private sector and government to cooperate to protect against information theft, disclosure, or militant attacks.

“As a former IT professional with over 30 years’ experience in both the government and private sector, and as a Constitutional conservative, I appreciated the opportunity to work on this bill to make sure it provided protection of individual liberties and enhanced security for our critical information systems.”