Washington, May 18 -- Congressman Max Miller issued the following press release:
U.S. Congressman Max Miller (OH-07), alongside Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), introduced the Cable Security Fleet Expansion Act, legislation to strengthen America's ability to protect and repair critical undersea communications infrastructure.
Subsea fiber-optic cables carry approximately 99 percent of international internet traffic and facilitate nearly $10 trillion in financial transactions daily, making them essential to both U.S. national security and the global economy. Recent incidents in the waters near Taiwan and in the Baltic Sea have highlighted the growing vulnerability of this infrastructure to disruption and sabotage. This legislation updat...