U.S. Chamber of Commerce, industry groups urge Senate passage of DHS cyber agency bill

A coalition of almost two dozen industry groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging the Senate to pass a bill renaming and reorganizing the Department of Homeland Security's cyber-focused National Protection and Programs Directorate, which has been stalled in the Senate for months.

In a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), the industry groups asked the Senate to move ahead with H.R. 3359, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...