WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Scott Simonton, a fellow in the Institute for Cyber Security at Marshall University, from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges to Protect America's Water Infrastructure": * * * The current state The water sector remains one of the most cyber-vulnerable U.S. critical infrastructure sectors due to widespread under-resourcing (espec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by Matt Odermann, past president of the North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association, on behalf of the National Rural Water Association, from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges to Protect America's Water Infrastructure": * * * Good Morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, Senator Cramer, and Members of the Committee. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Identifying and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges to Protect America's Water Infrastructure": * * * "Today we will examine the challenges facing drinking water and wastewater systems to install, implement and maintain adequate cybersecurity, as well as try to identify opportunities to  more