INCREASE OUR CYBERSECURITY
Increase our cybersecurity.
Occurrences
INCREASE OUR CYBERSECURITY
defend from increasing cybersecurity threats
Evidence
Rep. Luttrell’s office said House-passed FY2026 appropriations included defense funding he secured in H.R. 7148, including $10 million for weapons systems cybersecurity.
Congress.gov records H.R. 7148 as Public Law 119-75 and summarizes it as funding FY2026 federal departments, including Defense, while extending several cybersecurity-related authorities and programs.
Assessments
Luttrell can receive candidate credit for materially advancing a concrete cybersecurity-related funding item because his office identified $10 million he secured for weapons systems cybersecurity in the FY2026 appropriations process, and the appropriations vehicle later became Public Law 119-75. That is a real cybersecurity increase, but the promise was broad and the cited delivery is limited to a defense cybersecurity line item and related authorities/programs, not a comprehensive increase in national cybersecurity. Because the enacted result occurred in the 119th Congress/FY2026 context after the original federal term tied to the campaign, timing is later_term.