Al Franken actually said...

"I think it is just common sense that the consumers should be told when their data has been stolen."

"I think there is real justification for putting the RICO piece in Chairman Leahy's bill, that this is coordinated organized crime."

"Do you think that the Commission's existing authority in this space precludes the need for a federal data security and data breach law?"

"I think following up on what Senator Blumenthal just said, today's hearing has made it clear that we are dealing with a systemic data security problem in this country."