It's been over 5 years since this committee held a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, or CFATS.

Consumers deserve a real protection. We need rules of the road for what information can be collected and stored on--and stored about consumers.

Targeted advertising can provide more relevant advertising to consumers.

Existing CFATS authorization expires on January 2019 so it's important that Congress act to continue this program.

Unfortunately, the administration's decision to walk away from the RMP improvement rule has widespread and harmful ramifications.

Targeted advertising by its very nature separates people into categories and shapes our choices.

I urge this committee to consider the impacts on your neighbors, on our neighbors, our families, without critical protections like those in the chemical disaster rule.

Today's hearing will explore online advertising and its role in society.

However, it also allows a scammer to reach women over a 65 in a particular zip code.

People are fed up with big corporations tracking their every move online and controlling what they see. They are demanding action and it is time for Congress, for this committee, to deliver.

EPA cannot justify repealing all of the prevention and weakening other important requirements and it has refused to face the fact that it's taking away protections meant to save lives and prevent harm.

It's time we all admit that the current system just isn't working for consumers, and Congress needs to do a better job and pass comprehensive privacy legislation so people can take back control that they've lost.