I thank the chairman of the committee for his good work. Mr. Speaker, I would remind our colleagues that when you call the 800 number to sign up for the exchange policies, as was heard before our committee in testimony, the people who get that number on that phone call then turn around and use the healthcare.gov site--the information, the Web site--to input that information. So you are forced to go through this site. A couple of weeks ago I received this letter: We are writing to you because an electronic file containing your personal information cannot be accounted for. The file included two or more of the following: your name, home mailing address, and Social Security number. The letter went on to say: We wanted to alert you to the potential that someone not authorized to access the records could have seen the information. This letter came from the State of Colorado, this letter from the State of Colorado because they couldn't hold on to State employees' private personal identification information. All we are asking for is that we protect the privacy, the security of the American people. To oppose this bill, to issue a veto threat, if the site is secure, they will never receive the notice; if it is not, we will have acted to protect the American people. State of Colorado, Yuma, CO. Mr. Gardner: We are writing to you because an electronic file containing your personal information cannot be accounted for.…
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