On the recordApril 13, 2015
On most social issues, I consider myself a liberal. On most fiscal matters, I consider myself a conservative in the true sense of the word, not the new sense of the word, meaning that you should pay for those things that you want. When it comes to privacy matters, I consider myself a proud Libertarian. There is absolutely no reason for anyone who doesn't need information that I don't want them to have to get, period. It is my information, my information to share only with those with whom I wish to share it. This bill takes one step further towards keeping my information private and confidential between me and those people I seek to share it with. It is a great bill. I look forward to voting for it. This information is necessary to be shared to simply keep our financial services system going, but there is no reason whatsoever to allow it to be nonconfidential and to be spread around and be available to anybody who might want to look at it. I support the passage of this bill. I congratulate Mr. Dold for putting this forward for us to vote on, and I yield back the balance of my time.
