Cybersecurity Bill Returns to the Floor -- Sen. Reid

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON CYBERSECURITY. I SPOKE TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE A SHORT TIME AGO, SENATOR LIEBERMAN. HE'S GOING TO COME OVER TOMORROW AND GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LEGISLATION. HE AND SENATOR COLLINS HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO COME UP WITH A BILL. THEY HAVE COMPROMISED AND COMPROMISED AND COMPROMISED TO POINT THAT WE SHOULDN'T -- THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE MAJORITY LEADER. MR. REID: TO THE POINT WHERE, MR. PRESIDENT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS ALSO. SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS BILL IS TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. JUST HAD A -- I LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE AN HOUR OR TWO AGO. ABC NEWS THEY BELIEVE -- THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES THE CYBERSECURITY BILL IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FACING THIS COUNTRY NOW -- NOT NEXT CONGRESS, NOW. I A SAID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, THE PENTAGON, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BELIEVE THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS VITALLY TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR COUNTRY. SO BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THE SPORTS MEN'S BILL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO KILL THE CYBERSECURITY BILL. THEY'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS AN ARM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ANYMORE. IT IS JUST A FRONT FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THEY SPEND HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT THEY GET FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES TO DEFEAT DEMOCRATS. THEY WASTED THEIR MONEY THIS TIME, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS THEY ARE OPPOSING THIS BILL FOR NOT ANY LOGICAL REASON.