Rep. Garbarino ‘disappointed’ Senate hasn’t approved Trump’s CISA nominee

(L-R) Frank J. Cilluffo, director of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University, Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., and Drew Bagley, CrowdStrike's vice president and counsel for Privacy and Cyber Policy speak at a McCrary Institute event Dec. 16. David DiMolfetta/Staff

With Congress in its final week of the year, House Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., said Tuesday he is “disappointed” the Senate has not yet voted to confirm Sean Plankey to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

As he exited an event held by the McCrary Institute about cyber threats and priorities under his committee in the coming year, he told Nextgov/FCW that Plankey “would be a great director of CISA, and I’m disappointed the Senate hasn’t moved on it.”

Plankey was nominated in February, but the confirmation process has faced numerous procedural hurdles and was ...