Earlier this week, #HSGAC passed several of my bipartisan bills that will secure our nation’s supply chains, improve the use of AI technologies & address growing cyber threats.
My bipartisan Domains Critical to Homeland Security Act puts the best & brightest minds at @DHSgov on the job to identify where we have vulnerabilities in our supply chains & develop solutions to strengthen U.S. manufacturing & re-shore #jobs. bit.ly/3yujSjS
My bipartisan Deepfake Task Force Act will create a task force at @DHSgov to develop tools to allows creators to authenticate their content & its origin, so we can better separate the truth from the lies that are deepfakes. bit.ly/3CiiaVd
The bipartisan State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act will encourage federal cybersecurity experts to share info regarding cybersecurity threats, as well as resources to prevent & recover from cyberattacks with states and local govts. bit.ly/2Vqscmv
Finally, the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Training for the Acquisition Workforce Act will ensure the US maintains a global leadership role in rapidly-developing techs as foreign competitors like #China continue to prioritize investments in AI. bit.ly/3jrIlAd
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The bipartisan legislation the Senate is considering is a historic investment in our nation’s core infrastructure needs – including roads and bridges, rail, transit, ports, airports, the electric grid, broadband, and much more.
This investment is being made without new tax hikes on working families and employers large and small, despite the Democrats’ announced plans for more tax hikes.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score says that the cost of the infrastructure bill is $228B over five years and $415B over 10 years, and the offsets we have identified total $519 billion. portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
I have long believed in and advocated for investing more in our nation’s infrastructure, including modernizing our roads, bridges, transit, ports and more. But we should focus on our core infrastructure needs to help grow our economy.
President Biden’s massive $2.7 trillion “infrastructure” plan is filled with broad policy priorities that are a far cry from what has ever been defined as infrastructure, by either Democrats or Republicans.
The Biden plan costs about $2.7 trillion, but only about $600 billion is directed toward traditional infrastructure like roads, bridges, transit, rail, and ports. That’s just 20% of the overall plan.
This morning, @SenatorCarper & I released a report on how Chinese state-owned telecoms companies have operated in the US w/ a stunning lack of US gov't oversight.
This is the culmination of a yr long Senate Permanent Subcmte on Investigations probe. Here are the key takeaways:
1. Multiple Chinese state-owned telecom companies have been operating in the US for roughly 2 decades w little to no gov’t oversight.
This lack of scrutiny undermined the safety of American communications and seriously endangered U.S. national security...So, how did this happen?
2. The FCC is tasked w safeguarding the integrity of US telecoms infrastructure... but it relied on ‘Team Telecom’ - an informal interagency group consisting of DOJ, DHS & DOD officials - to evaluate and monitor national security & law enforcement risks.