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Catherine Cortez Masto

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Catherine Cortez Masto is the junior United States senator from Nevada, having taken office on January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she made history as the first Latina senator in U.S. history. Before her election to the Senate, Cortez Masto served as the Attorney General of Nevada from 2007 to 2015, where she focused on consumer protection and public safety issues. She has been an advocate for various policies, including healthcare access, immigration reform, and economic development in Nevada.

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Oct 16, 2017

More importantly for my purpose and I think all of our purposes, really shouldn't it be now giving the consumer the absolute right to control their information and how it is being used?

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Oct 16, 2017

What happened with Equifax is now there is the potential of millions of Americans' identities being stolen.

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Sep 26, 2017

The National Weather Service plays an indispensable role in protecting people from both routine and severe weather events around the country.

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Sep 26, 2017

I commend Chairman Hoeven for reintroducing the SURVIVE Act, a bill that would set-aside $150 million...

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Sep 26, 2017

I wish I was part of their generation, because it is an exciting time.

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Sep 26, 2017

Will you commit to fully providing all of the materials requested so that we can all be certain that proposed actions are indeed supported by evidence and will not result in a degradation of current services and unnecessary impacts on the…

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Sep 26, 2017

Isn't it fair to say that because of this the proliferation of human trafficking across the Country, we should be opening the door to some extent to the CDA that Mrs. McCain talked about, allowing our local DAs and State attorneys to come…

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Sep 26, 2017

I thank Senator Udall, the ranking member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. I am honored to be working with him on that committee in a bipartisan way, as he talked about. I am also very honored to represent the great State of Nevada…

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Sep 26, 2017

Well, we are doing everything to prevent it because my concern is just that; the technology is not there.

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Sep 26, 2017

Given the lack of implementation of these technologies, would you feel comfortable transporting nuclear waste through communities and across the country before we have even proved our safety technology?

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Sep 26, 2017

Congress must encourage tribal governments to criminalize human trafficking on their reservations rather than simply defer to federal prosecutors.

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Sep 26, 2017

I was an Attorney General of Nevada for eight years.

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Sep 26, 2017

I thank the vice chair. It is true that Indian Country made significant gains under the Affordable Care Act. Before the ACA, the Indian Health Service regularly denied Tribal members' claims for basic care and preventive services, such as…

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Sep 26, 2017

It is high time that traffickers stop hiding behind the free speech curtain while mothers find their children advertised for sex online...

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Sep 26, 2017

It is a resource issue. I agree. I think the U.S. Attorney's Office is a challenge.

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Sep 26, 2017

The U.S. Attorney's Office can still prosecute these cases. They do not have to be in Indian Country to prosecute these cases, correct?

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Sep 25, 2017

that doesn't mean we erode the tools for law enforcement to do the jobs that they need.

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Sep 25, 2017

Thank you. I appreciate your comments, gentlemen. Thank you very much.

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Sep 25, 2017

the reason why we have consent decrees, the reason why we enter into these agreements, is to change that conduct, to protect the consumer forever

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Sep 25, 2017

So what you are saying is our partners in other countries now have had an epiphany and they are all cooperating and following the law?

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Sep 25, 2017

that is still your emphasis and concern?

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Sep 25, 2017

the last thing we wanted to do was bring litigation, so we were trying to change the conduct to address any monetary component, to hold them accountable, and deter their conduct in the future.

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Sep 25, 2017

That is what President Trump said.

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Sep 25, 2017

I think, oftentimes, cybersecurity is an afterthought and we do not think about it as part of the infrastructure.

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