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Ruppersberger: Congress Must Examine National Security Collection Programs, Consider Amendments to Law

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Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger joined 153 Members of the House Democratic Caucus in sending the following letter to President Barack Obama last week following the consideration of the Amash-Conyers amendment, which would have restricted the operations of the National Security Agency. The letter calls on President Obama to work with Congress to examine the operations of…

RM Ruppersberger Statement in Support of Amendment #147 (DOD Appropriations Act)

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I rise in support of the Nugent amendment. This Amendment strongly reaffirms that in America, privacy and security can—and must—co-exist. This Amendment states in no uncertain terms that the Government cannot use Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA, to intentionally target an American for surveillance.  This important amendment also reaffirms…

Ruppersberger, Business Leaders Strategize Ways to Address Nations Cyber Workforce Shortage

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Ruppersberger, Business Leaders Strategize Ways to Address Nation’s Cyber Workforce Shortage Panel discussion featured business, academic leaders June 11, 2013 The Business-Higher Education Forum’s Annual Summer Meeting, Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) addressed a number of cyber issues such as the cyber threat and strategies to prepare a pipeline of cyber warriors…