Data security is another important concern. Frankly, the Federal Government does not have a great track record securing Americans' personal data.

This is unacceptable. It is not fair to expect certain people in our society to shoulder a disproportionate burden of the technology's shortcoming.

The American people deserve answers to those questions before the Federal Government rushes to deploy biometrics further.

I am not opposed to biometric technology and recognize it can be valuable to Homeland Security in facilitation.

On behalf of the Security Industry Association (SIA), thank you for holding a hearing on facial recognition technology.

The public has no input in this process, as far as we understand.

biometric technology holds tremendous promise in enhancing security and efficiency in the aviation environment.

The Honorable Bennie Thompson, Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, 310 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515.

On behalf of the International Biometrics + Identity Association, I am writing to express our gratitude for your support over the past decade for the use of biometrics by DHS.

I hope we will vote later on today to advance the NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act. Members who have been around here a long time realize what a bipartisan tradition this has been for the Senate. Those listening to us should…

This is why I am offering an amendment to the State Department Authorization Act which would create a category of leave for R&R breaks.

I want to be very clear: Democrats respect the free-speech rights enshrined in the First Amendment.

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. An objection is heard. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.

The energy security of our partners, particularly our NATO partners, is essential to our security as well as theirs.

We want to understand how companies can strengthen their efforts to deal with this persistent problem.

The fact that this happened nearly 2 years after Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and other major tech companies established the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, pronounced 'GIF-C-T,' is troubling to say the least.

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the victims and their families.

How to effectively counter the serious potential adverse impact of terror content and misinformation is certainly a complex problem.