I think following up on what Senator Blumenthal just said, today's hearing has made it clear that we are dealing with a systemic data security problem in this country.

I was proud to join Chairman Leahy on his Data Privacy and Security Act.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the courtesy of recognizing me--doesn't get you anything.

Madam President, I thank my colleague from Alabama for making his remarks a bit briefer, and I thank him as well for accompanying me to the State of the Union Address 2 nights ago. I rise today to urge a vote in the U.S. Senate to confirm…

Mr. President, I come to the floor of the Senate today to speak on the importance of passing the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act. I am a cosponsor of this legislation because without it millions of homeowners across the country…

Mr. Speaker, thank you to the chairman and the ranking member for your incredible hard work. The folks of Oklahoma and Minnesota should be proud of the representatives that they have sent here. I am proud of this piece of legislation. I…

Yeah, I did.

Now, some States, when they get released from incarceration, then they just get to vote, I think, right?

I would certainly encourage the Federal Government to do that, as well.

I think the combination of the EAC survey, the Census data, combined with organizations like Pew doing these performance index measures, is the way to go.

So, this would be something, and this would be to supplement what we are getting from the Election Administration and Voting Survey?

It was not some intentional thing, both on the election administrator side and on the felon side.

I appreciate the fact you have always been available.

I will never do this again.

Thank you, Attorney General Holder, and I think the people who watch this hearing can see the range of work the Justice Department does.

Anything that the Federal Government can do to support that--and that means something as simple as providing a clearinghouse with a menu of options for different States, because States do look to one another in trying to figure out what…

Which have been allowed as reasonable limits in the past.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly said that it is constitutional to have limits on contributions.