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I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on September 14, 2012, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing on the President's…
today I wish to urge my colleagues to allow an up-or-down vote on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 3414, and to support my amendment to further strengthen the privacy safeguards in this important legislation. National security experts…
today I rise to recognize all of the providers who work in retail-based Convenient Care Clinics in a Resolution to designate August 6 through August 10, 2012 as National Convenient Care Clinic Week. National Convenient Care Clinic Week…
I strongly oppose H.R. 3803, yet another assault on women's personal decision making. In Hawaii, people tell me we should be talking about jobs and working together to get the economy moving. Instead, the House Republican Majority…
One of our enduring rights in this country is that we are innocent until proven guilty. We need to hold onto that bedrock principle.
My last question. Mr. Wilshusen, you testified that the Privacy Act is ineffective in informing the public about privacy practices and policies.
I think government transparency is critical but publishing employees' personal financial information on the Internet does raise some concerns.
I think that the Senate should promptly confirm the five nominees for the Federal Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
I think it is important to look closely at these issues and make any changes that are needed to protect our national security and employee safety.
Unfortunately, key pieces of this foundation have serious cracks that need to be fixed.
By many experts' accounts, this decision rendered the Act toothless, and scholars across the political spectrum have called for Congress to amend the Privacy Act to fix this decision.
I have offered an amendment to the cybersecurity bill we are debating on the floor to make breach notification mandatory.
I think that enhancing litigation over individual Privacy Act violations would actually be a diversion of resources.
Aloha and welcome to all of you here. Welcome to the Committee's oversight hearing on the Regulation of Tribal Gaming: From Brick and Mortar to the Internet.
Gaming has been the single most effective of economic development for Indian Country.
I rise today in strong support of S. 3412, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act, which would act on President Barack Obama's proposal to restore our economy and control our deficit by immediately extending the current tax rates for American…
Well, you cannot make it any more clear than that. Thank you very much.