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John Cornyn: “I'm concerned not only about the vulnerability to weather…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Interview With US Sen. John Cornyn

Published | Video Starts at 03:03

Of course, the Texas legislature has taken big strides to deal with this vulnerability of our GRID to cold Weather and a lot of money being appropriated to weatherize that grid. I, I'm concerned not only about the vulnerability to weather, but also cyber attacks which are, which could, we've experienced what happens when we have a blackout because of a lack of electricity and that could be from weather or cyber attacks. So I'm optimistic we'll get the bill with Eddie Bernice Johnson passed so that those grants can come through. But we, we shouldn't just stop there and we need to remain ever vigilant against the threat of increasing cyber attacks. (03:03–03:19)

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Asserts concern about the Texas power grid's vulnerability to both weather and cyber attacks.

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