Michelle Lujan-Grisham on Technology

Create plan to deliver broadband internet statewide

Summary by KRWG public radio: Provides a centralized, comprehensive plan to deliver broadband internet to every home and business in our state. This legislation would establish a director of broadband for New Mexico and leverage federal and state resources to build this critical infrastructure.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 64-6-0 on Mar/21/2021; Passed Senate 32-10-0 on Mar/19/2021; Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham on Apr/7/2021

$200 million for high-speed internet is urgently needed

Lift cap on rebates for film production

Supports Net Neutrality: equal access to Internet

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Co-sponsored Congressional resolution to reinstate net neutrality.

Steve Pearce (R): No. Net neutrality rules "undermine the free marketplace."

Voted YES on protecting cyber security by sharing data with government.

• CISPA conducts federal cybersecurity activities to provide shared situational awareness enabling integrated operational actions to protect, prevent, and recover from cyber incidents.

Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:

• Rep. SINEMA: We need a 21st century solution for this 21st century problem. This bill ensures that research and development, intellectual property, and software code is no longer being stolen by China, Iran, and Russia.
• Rep. MAFFEI: We've already seen state actors like the People's Republic of China pursue widespread data theft from American computer networks. This is a clear and present danger.

• Rep. McNERNEY: I'm concerned with the civil protections not required in H.R. 624. Businesses should be required to remove personally identifiable information before submitting data to Federal agencies.
• CNet.com: Rep. Ron Paul warned that CISPA represents the "latest assault on Internet freedom"; that "CISPA is Big Brother writ large." CISPA would permit, but not require, Internet companies to hand over confidential customer records to federal agencies. What sparked the privacy worries--including opposition from the ACLU and the Republican Liberty Caucus--is the section of CISPA that says "notwithstanding any other provision of law." By including the word "notwithstanding," CISPA's drafters intended to make their legislation trump all existing laws. It would render irrelevant wiretap laws, Web companies' privacy policies, and more.
• Rep. LOFGREN: CISPA could allow any private company to share vast amounts of sensitive, private data about its customers with the government. CISPA would override all other privacy laws, and allow a private company to share nearly anything--from the contents of private emails to medical records--as long as it "directly pertains to" a broadly defined "cyber threat."