The nominee, who doesn’t have as much cyber experience as his predecessors, also touted his credentials and views on current threats during his Senate confirmation hearing.

The legislation Sens. Gary Peters and James Lankford would create an executive branch panel to align federal cyber rules.

He’s the latest Democrat who sits on an appropriations panel to sharply criticize CISA personnel reductions and proposed funding cuts.

The law is due to lapse in September, something cyber experts and industry officials say would be a huge loss.

The Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act would establish an interagency committee to recommend which cyber regulations to lessen or waive.

The CSRB needs to become more transparent regarding its membership and the cases it takes on, experts told Congress.

The federal government is not responding effectively to the ransomware crisis, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security panel.

The legislation eventually garnered widespread support on its way to becoming law, but much remains unresolved.

The measure, under which CISA would handle the incident reporting, must still win House approval.

Aides continue to negotiate in a bid to overcome the dispute.