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The presiding officer the senator from new york. Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer madam president , i ask unanimous consent the e. P. W. Committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 166 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk s. 166, a bill to designate the new interstate route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting st. Louis, missouri, and southwestern illinois as the stan musial memorial bridge. The presiding officer ...

Reaction from capitol hill. Joining us first is representative mac thornberry, a republican of texas, member to have Intelligence Committee and in the last Congress Task force chair on cybersecurity for the spook beer. Mr. Thornberry, when you look at the president s executive order, whats your initial reaction . Guest that its okay. There are some things that clearly need to be done with an executive order, but some things can only be done with legislation. So part of my reaction is i wish the president had put as much effort into getting some legislation passed and then come out with the exe...

Involve hiring a staff of people to do the work and they say that the big banks can do that better. We hope that congress would look at that. There are a number of other things in the regulatory area that are bad. If they carry it further, it will make it dangerous for Community Banks to get any in the game. If congress will look at what the real needs are in the Banking Sector and and perhaps make it a lot easier for Community Banks, we certainly would like to see them thrive. It is not, from what i hear, that they are too big to fail. They are too small to compete with regulators. Take a loo...

Something bad happened to it, that things would happen bad things would happen to it in the real world. It would be economic disruption. In the cyber context, it means that if something happened ito it in the cyber realm, there would be effects in the real brown. A lot of the infrastructure is in private hands er. Many are in private hands. Will these private institutions have to participate participate in the Cyber Security enhancement . I think for the most part it will be a voluntary and collaborative process to participate. If you look through the executive order and follow how the ring wo...

Control systems. We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy. That is why earlier today i signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing and developing standards that protect our national security, our jobs and our privacy. Host Michael Daniel is the president of cybersecurity coordinator. Mr. Daniel, did the president s executive order of february 12, 2013 he talks about vital infrastructure. How is the white house defining vital . Guest title infrastructure...