House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Monday he...

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Monday he plans to work on a bipartisan basis to pass cybersecurity legislation in the next Congress. His comments came in a floor speech as he discussed the Senate-passed 2013 National Intelligence Authorization bill (S-3454). The bill contains a provision that would require the director of national intelligence to submit a report on the security of the U.S. IT supply chain and telecom networks. The U.S. needs to protect its critical infrastructure from “nation states, like China, Russia and now Iran who seek to do us harm through the Internet,” he said. “It is the largest threat we face that we are not prepared to handle.” Committee Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., said the threat of a catastrophic cyberattack keeps him up at night, along with “spicy food and nuclear proliferation.” Congress must act to “keep up with the cyberthreats of today and tomorrow,” he said.