On the recordOctober 27, 2015
the chairman has stated that this piece of legislation has privacy protections. But I don't believe it goes far enough or we wouldn't be in this Chamber, vote after vote after vote, trying to move this so there is some personal privacy and so there are some liberties that are protected. This amendment in front of us right now is a commonsense, middle- ground approach that strengthens the standards for the Federal Government removing personal information prior to sharing it with the private sector. I want to leave my colleagues with two points. This is the same standard that the private sector is held to in the House-passed bill, supported by the Chamber. If this amendment is good enough for the private sector, the question is, Why isn't it good enough for the Federal sector or the government? No. 2, my amendment strikes a balance between increasing privacy but still providing for real-time information sharing. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina.
