Senate Homeland Security members express support for Krebs NPPD nomination

Bipartisan members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee expressed support Wednesday for the nomination of Christopher Krebs to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber-focused National Protection and Programs Directorate, with a panel vote likely to take place in two weeks.

“Hopefully we can move this thing by unanimous consent,” committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during the panel’s hearing on the nomination. “The committee has a fair amount of compliments, I think we will do as...