House Staffer: We Are Ready to Deal on Cybersecurity Bill

The Senate may be locked in a duel to the death over cybersecurity legislation, but the House is standing by to make a deal, a senior committee staffer said. "In the House, we are ready if and when the Senate passes anything," Jamil Jaffer, Senior Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told the Tech Policy Summit in Napa, California. "We are ready to go to conference and find the middle ground that both houses can agree to and pass," Jaffer added. "We are hopeful that the Senate passes something. This is a growing and continued threat."