Edolphus Towns: “They want to believe that this Federal bailout is necessary, but they wonder whether the money is being used wisely.”

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.

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.

When it comes to data security, prevention is the best medicine and certainly the cheapest.

We need a government that can partner with companies to make sure they do a better job protecting the information they demand of consumers.