Lisa Madigan: “The recent Target breach served as a wake-up call that government and the private sector need to take serious meaningful…”

As a state official, I oppose Federal legislation that limits our ability at the state level to respond to and to safeguard our residents.

Student loan debt should not prevent millions of them from fully participating in the economy or ever achieving financial security.

The law should preserve the states' ability to use their own consumer protection laws and Congress should give the states the right to enforce the Federal law.

Congress should include a provision that requires entities holding sensitive information to take reasonable steps to protect that information.