Sen. Johnson ‘hopeful’ on adding SAFETY Act language to DHS bill, as other ‘divisive’ amendments fall away

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Tuesday that the committee was in “intensive negotiations” to scrap controversial amendments to the Department of Homeland Security reauthorization bill before today’s markup, while expressing optimism that a cyber liability-protection measure will be added to the package.

“We are just dealing with so many different amendments from members, and right now my staff is in intensive negotiation with everybody trying to find all the areas of agreement,” Johnson told...