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 letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders comes shortly before they consider his nomination.

The lawmakers say the January purge has left the United States blind on the nature of the historic Salt Typhoon telecommunications breach.

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

Both witnesses and lawmakers at a House hearing said the law must not lapse in September.

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

Reps. Andrew Garbarino and Eric Swalwell said legislative priorities include an expiring information-sharing law and making a threat information-sharing organization permanent.

Lawmakers also need to take action on legislation to better harmonize federal cybersecurity regulations, Democrats’ staff director on a key Senate committee said.

Plankey’s nomination fills the biggest remaining gap among cyber leaders in the second Trump administration.

The 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act provides vital legal protections for cyber threat sharing initiatives, they say.