WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) released the following statement calling for the swift confirmation of Sean Plankey as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA):

“During his nomination hearing yesterday, Sean Plankey demonstrated that he is the right person to lead CISA. If confirmed, he will drive necessary reforms to ensure our nation’s risk advisor succeeds in its statutory mission: protecting our federal civilian networks and critical infrastructure. I look forward to working with Sean to codify reforms at CISA, as well as to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) and the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), two of my top priorities as Chairman. 
 
“With cyber threats continuing to evolve rapidly and a ticking clock on both CISA 2015 and SLCGP, we cannot allow any further delay in Sean’s confirmation. Every minute without CISA’s top leadership in place puts our security at risk and benefits nation-state sponsored cyber actors like Salt Typhoon. I am committed to working with my House and Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle to dig deeper into that intrusion, which is essential for CISA to address in its role as the Sector Risk Management Agency for the communications sector.”

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