WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts issued the following press release:
Yesterday, during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) discussed the threat of cyber-attacks on American water infrastructure. Ricketts addressed the threat posed by Communist China and the importance of resilient water infrastructure.
"In Nebraska, our water and wastewater utilities manage and protect our state's groundwater. They provide critical services to Nebraskans. We've talked about how it impacts the states that you're from, the security is increasingly at risk from foreign adversaries seeking to undermine critical infrastructure and threaten public safety through cyber-attacks on our water systems," ...