Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., needs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company (CISA) to be abolished, however described the prospect as “unlikely,” he instructed Politico.
“I’d like to eliminate it,” Paul instructed the outlet. “The First Amendment is pretty important, that’s why we listed it as the First Amendment, and I would have liked to, at the very least, eliminate their ability to censor content online.”
“While it’s unlikely we could get rid of CISA, we survived for what, 248 years without them,” Paul stated, in accordance with Politico. “I think a lot of what they do is intrusive, and I’d like to end their intrusions into the First Amendment.”
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., questions Secretary of Well being and Human Companies Xavier Becerra about vaccines throughout a Senate Well being, Schooling, Labor and Pensions Committee listening to to debate reopening faculties throughout the Covid-19 pandemic at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Photos)
“CISA does not and has never censored speech or facilitated censorship,” CISA senior adviser for public affairs Ron Eckstein asserted in an announcement, in accordance with the outlet. “Such allegations are riddled with factual inaccuracies. Every day, the men and women of CISA execute the agency’s mission of reducing risk to U.S. critical infrastructure in a way that protects Americans’ freedom of speech, civil rights, civil liberties and privacy,” he asserted.
CISA was established in 2018 throughout President-elect Trump’s White Home tenure.
“On November 16, 2018, the President signed into law the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018,” which established CISA, in accordance with cisa.gov.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., seems on throughout a press convention on his FDA Modernization Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos)
Republicans gained the Senate majority throughout the 2024 election, and Paul, the rating member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs, is slated to turn into the chair throughout the subsequent session of Congress.
“I chose to chair this Committee over another because I believe that, for the health of our republic, Congress must stand up once again for its constitutional role,” the senator famous, in accordance with a press launch.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks to reporters on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 1, 2023. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
“This Committee’s mission of oversight and investigations is critical to Congress reasserting itself. Our first hearing will examine reinstating the successful Remain in Mexico policy from the first Trump Administration,” he stated.
Paul has served within the Senate since 2011.
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