Janice Schakowsky

Cross-border data flows allow for quick communication, whether it is a personal message or a customer order.

The internet has made our world dramatically more connected than ever before.

I introduced the Secure and Protect Americans' Data Act to ensure that companies take sufficient steps to protect consumers' data.

We need to distinguish between policies that truly represent an unnecessary or harmful barrier to digital trade and those policies designed to protect privacy and security.

It is well past time that this committee talk about how we are going to lower drug prices.

I think it is really a dereliction of duty that we allow these prices to get so out of control.

340B is literally a lifesaver and not one of us opposes transparency.

I am going to come to the gentleman right now and get his signature.

I wanted to just pick up on something that Congressman Veasey said, but first let me just thank the gentleman from California for his relentless push to make sure that we have good jobs in America, that that is part of our better deal. We…

This puts the control of consumers' credit information where it belongs, with the consumer.

And Mr. Kelley, who we were told knew of the breach and that it contained personal information and yet still approved the stock sale, is he still chief legal officer for Equifax?

Did any one of these three executives have knowledge the cybersecurity incident had occurred?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to get right to it.

The Equifax data breach was massive in scale: 145.5 million American victims as of yesterday.

I think the American public deserves to know the facts about when and how Mr. Smith, company management, and the board of directors were made aware its systems were vulnerable to hackers and over 143 million sensitive personal data records…

I am hoping this will lead to a wider discussion.

I want to be in control of my information. I never opted in.

I am glad the FBI is looking into it and many state attorneys general.

I have no documentation, no insight, no knowledge that anyone in the company had informed me...

I was just informed by staff that the chief security officer told the chief legal officer verbally that there was PII...

Around that same time, three Equifax executives sold over $1 million of Equifax stock.

Consumers deserve a whole lot better than they got from Equifax.

Given vast quantities of information and lack of accountability, a major breach at Equifax I would say would be predictable if not inevitable.

It would empower Congress to exercise oversight of that strategy's implementation. As countries around the world are struggling with conflict, the United States should be empowering anyone and everyone who can help achieve lasting peace…

Congress must enact a long-term, well-funded extension of the community health center program without delay, and the health of all of our constituents is at stake.