
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bevy of bills, including bipartisan measures to address border security technology gaps, creation of an industry cyber advisory panel, a commission to assess the nation’s counterterrorism policy, and other homeland security issues. The Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020 (S. 4224), introduced by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), requires the Department of Homeland Security to assess technology gaps along the southwest border and…