Majority News

Peters Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure National Cyber Director Can Secure Personnel to Help Bolster Cybersecurity Passes Senate
Thu, Jul 22
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) that would help ensure the newly created Office of the National Cyber Director (NCD) will be able to quickly secure qualified personnel to support its important cybersecurity mission has passed the Senate. The NCD is a brand new position tas...
Peters Announces Port of Monroe Awarded $770,983 Grant to Help Upgrade Cargo Screening Infrastructure
Thu, Jul 22
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced the Port of Monroe has been awarded a $770,983 Port Security Grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help upgrade their cargo screening infrastructure. The funding will allow the port to install a Radiation Portal Monitor, which helps to screen cargo for the presence of nuclear or radiological materials. This will enhance the port’s ability...

Minority News

Senate Passes Portman, Sinema, Peters, King, Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure National Cyber Director Can Receive Detailees to Help Improve Cybersecurity Policy
Thu, Jul 22
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and Mike Rounds (R-SD) applauded the unanimous Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to authorize non-reimbursable detailees for the Office of the National C...
Portman, Peters, Rubio & Warner Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Secure Critical Infrastructure Networks Against Cyberattacks
Thu, Jul 22
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chair and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced bipartisan legislation to help safeguard our nation’s critical infrastructure networks against cybersecurity threats. The bill would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (...