Combating Cyberthreats from our Adversaries Like the CCP
When I chaired the Homeland Security Committee, my legislation created a cybersecurity agency at the Department of Homeland Security because I knew cyberattacks would be a large part of warfare in the future.
Since then, the Chinese Communist Party has sanctioned me and pushed disinformation about me online. They've also targeted critical U.S. infrastructure like water treatment plants and electrical grids. Their hackers lay in wait on these infrastructure networks, so they can inflict real-world harm at a time and place of their choosing.
This week, the Homeland Security Committee held its first hearing of the 119th Congress, focused on cybersecurity threats posed by our adversaries like the CCP. Click to watch my exchange with the witnesses about how to deter China's malign cyber efforts.