Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wants to abolish the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), but called that prospect “unlikely.” he told Politico.
“I would like to eliminate that,” Paul told the outlet. “The First Amendment is so important. That's why we listed it as a First Amendment. We wanted to at least remove the ability to censor content online.”
“It's unlikely we can get rid of CISA, but we survived for 248 years without it,” Paul said, according to Politico. “I think a lot of what they're doing is invasive. I want to stop their violation of the First Amendment.”
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“CISA does not censor speech and has never promoted censorship,” Ron Eckstein, CISA's senior public affairs adviser, said in a statement, according to the newspaper. “These allegations are riddled with factual errors,” he said. “The men and women of CISA work every day to protect the free speech, civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy of Americans from risks to America's critical infrastructure. “We are fulfilling CISA's mission to reduce the risk of he claimed.
CISA was established in 2018 during President-elect Trump's tenure in the White House.
According to the report, “on November 16, 2018, the President signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018,” which established CISA. shisa government.
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Republicans will win a Senate majority in the 2024 elections, and Paul, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is expected to become chairman in the next Congress.
“I chose to chair this committee over other committees because for the health of our country, Congress needs to once again rise up to fulfill its constitutional role,” the senator said in a press release. Because I believe that there is.”
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“The committee's mission of oversight and investigation is critical to Congress' reassertion of itself,” he said. We will consider reinstating it.”
Paul has served in the Senate since 2011.
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