Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this legislation, H.R. 3811, the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014. Security and transparency are both critically important to every American, and the public expects and deserves to have them both when it comes to health care. Sadly, I believe the administration has failed to deliver. This important bill seeks to provide peace of mind to folks in Michigan and across the country who have submitted personal information to a Federal health insurance exchange. Americans have the right to know in the event that their sensitive personal information provided to an exchange is compromised, especially as it is the law's individual mandate that forces them to purchase the government-approved health care coverage. Why wouldn't we want the public to know and be alerted right away? Just this morning on CNBC's ``Breaking News,'' the CEO of Target apparently is indicating that as many as 70 million Americans--their customers--may have had their private information stolen. Would it have been right for Target just to sit on that information? Or was it appropriate for them to try and put the word out so that at least the consumers would have the right information? {time} 1000 Let me tell you what this bill does. It is a commonsense bill. It is going to require that the administration promptly inform individuals within 2 business days if their personal information has been stolen or unlawfully accessed through an exchange.…”