Trump’s CISA nominee to testify before Senate panel next week

Sean Plankey, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is scheduled to testify next week before the Senate Homeland Security Committee after weeks of holdups.

Plankey was also scheduled to appear before the committee early last month, but he was pulled due to paperwork delays. He is now slated to testify July 24, according to the panel’s schedule.

But the nomination still faces a hurdle from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who stated his intent to block Plankey’s nomination and said he plans to lift the hold once CISA releases a 2022 report on telecom industry security vulnerabilities. 

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