Sen. Ron Johnson Says Green New Deal Would Make US Grid More Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is seen during a Senate Homeland Security Committee in Washington on July 30, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack and ensuing shutdown have exposed “existential” vulnerabilities in the United States’ fuel and electrical grid.

The senator called vulnerabilities “a devil of a problem” for which there’s no easy fix, while arguing that the Democrats’ Green New Deal would make the problem worse.