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Obama Calls on Congress to Finally Pass Cyber Bill; Lawmakers Optimistic They Can This Year

Obama Calls on Congress to Finally Pass Cyber Bill; Lawmakers Optimistic They Can This Year
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)

With President Barack Obama highlighting the cyber security threat and information security in his State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday night, lawmakers seemed confident they could get a cyber bill through to the president’s desk this year despite last year’s finish-line failure.The president received a bipartisan standing ovation when he said, “No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids.…

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