Donald Trump signed the legislation establishing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Said by Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez, Checked Updated
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Deadline: White HouseOct 22, 2026
Multiple independent sources confirm that Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 on November 16, 2018, which established CISA. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, which describes the signing during the first Trump administration.
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… What are your thoughts on that? It is up to us, and the congressman and I have talked about this before, publicly and privately. So many of those structures were put in place, ironically, during that first Trump administration. I mean, Chris Krebs and I stood behind the president's shoulder when he signed the legislation bringing CISA into law to be that election security hub inside the federal government. But I'll tell you, there was an ominous moment when that happened: is the president turned around and he looked at me and he said, basically, what the hell did I just sign? …
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Supports. CISA's own website states that on November 16, 2018, the President signed into law the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, which established CISA.[2]
Supports. Trump's own proclamation says, 'I signed legislation in 2018 creating the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security.'[3][4]
Supports. PolitiFact reports that in 2018 Trump signed the law creating CISA within DHS, citing the Congress.gov record for H.R.3359.[1]
Supports. A VOA report carries a photo caption of Trump holding a pen at the signing ceremony for the CISA Act in the Oval Office on Nov. 16, 2018.[5]
Context. The claim omits the passage's detail that Chris Krebs and the speaker stood behind the president during the signing; this is a faithful shortening that does not change the core assertion.
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5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Fact-checking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agencycisa.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Presidential Proclamation on Critical Infrastructure Security ...trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2019federalregister.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5US Bulking Up Cyber Defense for Critical Infrastructurevoanews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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