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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

I am concerned about civil liberties as well as anybody, but I was certainly hoping there were cameras on the streets that would identify these individuals.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

There is no hard and fast rule in terms of when that Mirandizing occurs, correct?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

It always amazes me in these tragedies that we see the absolute best in America.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

I think it should be expanded, especially with this threat of terrorism that is international.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

That is primarily how we ID'd these individuals, correct, was private cameras, private businesses, and just private citizens?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

We have seen an awful lot of abuse here in the Federal Government level of conferences and association meetings.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

Do you think that would have been the appropriate thing to do in this case, hold off Mirandizing Dzhokhar, to actually get more information?

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 9, 2013

When those bombs went off, rather than running away from danger, we saw the citizens of Boston run toward the danger to help out.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 9, 2013

The men and women who you lead have the gratitude of all Wisconsinites, but in particular those who were present in Boston.

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Tammy Baldwin
@tammybaldwin· Democratic · WI· Jul 9, 2013

Federal support has played a critical role in helping State and local government prepare for these catastrophic events.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Jul 8, 2013

Frankly, there has been a veil of secrecy around the collection of data at a time when the agency, as it is ramping up, has made a pledge to Congress and to the American people to be open and transparent.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Jul 8, 2013

Many of my constituents are concerned that our government has their health records, their phone records, their Internet records, their e-mails, and now the CFPB is monitoring their financial records.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Jul 8, 2013

I actually would agree with that component of it. But we always have a balance with the private sector and our government in privacy and our civil liberties.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Jul 8, 2013

Don't you think Americans have a right to know which financial institutions are providing you their financial data?

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Jul 8, 2013

I want to follow up on a question from Chairwoman Capito in regard to, how many Americans are you collecting data on?

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Jul 8, 2013

That is right. Because Americans don't want you to have their financial data.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Jul 8, 2013

Our concern is that you have been less than forthright about saying, 'This is what we are collecting, this is who we are collecting it from, this is how long we are keeping it, and this is what we are using it for.'

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