I think the committee is very excited about the opportunity to work with you and to craft good legislation.

Companies like Epsilon are on the frontlines in the fight against data theft.

We have a responsibility as lawmakers to make certain that this happens.

I am confident that the lessons learned will assist us in our efforts to develop new online safeguards for American consumers.

if we don't do something soon, what is next and where does it end?

Things have sure changed in a hurry.

I think it is critical, and I think people don't understand what it means to have been hacked or have your personal information stolen until it has happened.

The time has come for Congress to take decisive action. We need a universal national standard for data security and data breach notification, and we need it now.

I stand ready to work with you and our colleagues to pass strong bipartisan data security legislation like the DATA bill that will prevent this from reoccurring.

All companies have a responsibility to protect personal information and to promptly notify customers when their information has been put at risk.

I fundamentally believe that all consumers have a right to know when their personal information has been compromised.