Amador County – Congressman Dan Lungren announced recently that he has been appointed to be chairman of a Congressional subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and security technologies for the 112th Congress, which opened this week.

Lungren, the representative of California’s Third Congressional District, including Amador County, announced the appointment by e-mail Dec. 20 from Washington, D.C. Lungren was selected by the new Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security.

U.S. Representative Peter T. King (R-NY), the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced the appointment of Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) as chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies for the 112th Congress, which was to convene Wednesday, Jan. 5.

Lungren released the following statement, with the announcement. He said: “One of the first responsibilities of government, as stated in the preamble of the constitution, is to ‘provide for the common defense’ of our great country.” ¶ He said he is “honored to be selected,” and “Representative King’s steadfast oversight of our nation’s security is commendable and I am pleased to serve with him.”

Lungren said: “The threats our nation faces are ever present and ever changing,” and “it is vital that we continue to identify, assess and confront these threats so those who wish to harm our country and our citizens fail in their attempt.”

Lungren is also a member of the House Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, and on his House website states that the United States should “create a homeland security strategy based on rational risk assessment rather than pork barrel politics".

He came back to Congress after the 9-11 attacks on America, and believes that to “prevail in the fight against global terrorism,” the country “must develop and maintain unsurpassed training and equipment for our troops,” and “provide the resources for our intelligence community to adapt to the changing world.”

The Third District includes all of Amador, Alpine and Calaveras counties, and portions of Sacramento and Solano counties.

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