[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 88 (Tuesday, June 12, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S3935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Cybersecurity

  Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. I rise today to discuss an amendment that I 
am proposing to the 2012 farm bill that we are debating in the Senate. 
Before I speak to that, I also want to associate myself with the 
leader's comments about the importance of taking care of our cyber 
defense, putting ourselves in a position to be able to deflect and 
deter cyber attack from terrorists and otherwise against our industries 
and against our Federal Government.
  As chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Senate Armed 
Services Committee, cyber command is part of our responsibility. The 
leader is exactly on target with his comments about the need to move 
forward to protect our country against future cyber attacks--which we 
encounter daily--recognizing that we perhaps do know what we know, but 
we are in that unfortunate position of not knowing what we don't know.
  To modernize and move forward is absolutely essential to maintain our 
vigilance against cyber attacks in the future.