Edolphus Towns: “When it comes to data security, prevention is the best medicine and certainly the cheapest.”

I am proud to stand with President Obama, who included this in his jobs proposal because of the opportunity it offers to assist with deficit reduction, something that we all are concerned about.

Unfortunately the discussion draft before us today falls short of the commitment needed to ensure that the personal information of hard working Americans are kept safe.

Let me thank you, Mr. Lynch, for the hard work that you have done on this bill. And let me begin by saying to the other side, I hope we're talking about the same legislation here, because in the committee, the only--as I remember very…

This bill is the fruit of an inclusive and comprehensive process. I strongly support this bipartisan, good government bill, and I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``aye.''