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Article: REPS. GONZALEZ, BURGESS CALL FOR PROTECTIONS AGAINST HACKERS, DATA BREACHES

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October 8, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Charlie A. Gonzalez, D-Texas (20th CD), issued the following news release:

U.S. Reps. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) and Charles A. Gonzalez (D-Texas) have introduced House Concurrent Resolution 193, expressing the sense of Congress for the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches.

"The safety of millions of American is put at risk because of the potential of unknown risk within the nation's data network," Congressman Burgess (TX-26) said. "It's time Congress got serious about enacting meaningful legislation that would put into place needed safeguards and protections to ensure cybersecurity for our ...

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