Brian Schatz actually said...

"if we are going to develop a national Internet of Things plan that is in the context of a free market and the context of a democracy, how do we strike the right balance in terms of it being private se..."

"are they only ahead in terms of having developed a plan on paper, or are they actually ahead of us in terms of developing and taking advantage of the Internet of Things?"

"Statement of Senator Schatz."

"What would suffice as a strong enough standard that we would all feel comfortable preempting the 50 odd state laws that we would be looking at?"