{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-talks-cyber-with-dhs-secretary-nominee-nielsen", "Daines Talks Cyber With DHS Secretary Nominee Nielsen", "2017-11-08", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.08.17\n\t\t\t Daines Talks Cyber With DHS Secretary Nominee Nielsen \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tU.S. SENATE\u00a0\u2014U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary nominee Kirstjen Nielsen about border security at both the northern and south borders and protecting Americans\u2019 privacy and cybersecurity.\r\n\u00a0\r\nDuring today\u2019s hearing on Nielsen\u2019s nomination in the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Daines discussed the cyber threat facing Columbia Falls, Montana.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u201cRecently the Columbia Falls, Montana school district was hacked from overseas, using the stolen data of children and faculty to make very violent threats and very direct threats. As the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security \u2013 if confirmed you\u2019ll lead the whole of the government\u2019s cyber efforts,\u00a0how will you work to make our citizens and their personal information safer from world-wide attacks,\u201d\u00a0Daines asked Nielsen.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u201cWhen we look at information, the threat has changed. Data breaches continue to this day as you know, but what is perhaps more concerning is the ability of those who would do us harm through the internet to change the integrity of that information or through ransomware and other texts to make it not available,\u201d\u00a0Nielsen responded.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nClick\u00a0HERE\u00a0to download Daines\u2019 questioning.\r\nClick\u00a0HERE\u00a0to watch Daines\u2019 questioning.\r\n\u00a0\r\nOn\u00a0October 18, 2017, Daines and Nielsen met in his Washington, D.C. and discussed strengthening cybersecurity, specifically addressing the\u00a0threat facing students and families\u00a0in the Flathead Valley, combatting meth abuse and securing the Northern border and Southern border. During the meeting, Daines hand-delivered a letter to Nielsen outlining the challenges facing DHS and invited her to visit Montana\u2019s Northern border.\r\n\u00a0\r\nOn\u00a0October 11, 2017, Daines released a statement on Nielsen\u2019s nomination noting that he looked forward to a quick Senate confirmation without partisan politics.\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\nDaines is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which has jurisdiction for DHS including nominations subject to Senate confirmation.\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n###\r\n\u00a0\r\nContact:\u00a0Marcie Kinzel,\u00a0Katie Waldman\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-talks-cyber-with-dhs-secretary-nominee-nielsen"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9308298360556364, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}