Washington, March 11 -- Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Representatives Glenn "GT" Thompson(R-PA) and Suzanne Bonamici(D-OR), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced the Cybersecurity Skills Integration Act.

This bipartisan legislation seeks to create a pilot program that will award competitive grants to career and technical education programs that integrate cybersecurity into their curriculum. In critical infrastructure sectors like telecommunications, agriculture, energy, or health care, a workforce with basic cybersecurity skills is essential to our public safety. Unfortunately, many training programs in these fields do not place the same ...