Hawaii Gov. David Ige. (Ronen Zilberman / AFP / Getty Images) Share Apr 28, 2021 | STATESCOOP Hawaii Gov. David Ige told members of the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday that any infrastructure package that Congress passes should include specific funding for cybersecurity, a feature that the current $2 trillion proposal being put forward by President Joe Biden currently lacks. “We strongly urge Congress to include cybersecurity in any national infrastructure plan or legislative package,” Ige, a Democrat speaking on behalf of the National Governors Association, said in his opening remarks to the panel’s subcommittee on emergency preparedness. Ige, whose remarks came during a hearing on emergency preparedness grants administered by the Department of Homeland Security, praised the department’s recent increase to the minimum amount that award recipients are required to spend on cybersecurity, but also asked lawmakers to again consider creating a dedicated cybersecurity grant program benefitting state and local governments. (Rep. Yvette Clarke, the chairwoman of House Homeland Security’s cybersecurity subcommittee, recently said she plans to re-introduce such legislation.)