Jim Jordan

I think you have to understand the framework.

The FBI has access to 640 million photos, and this is the FBI that didn't comply with the five things they were supposed to comply with when they set up the system.

But I'll be real brief. I just want to thank Chairwoman Kiko for being here today.

I want to thank our witnesses for being here today. I appreciate the time and the expertise that you brought to this important hearing.

No, we still have open recommendations related to the----

No. We still have open recommendations related to the----

Did they meet all the requirements? I was kind of looking for a yes or no.

Five key things they were supposed to do when they started implementing the system...

Who are those individuals?

Now, how are we supposed to have confidence in strict policies that you are going to follow when you didn't follow the rules when you set the thing up in the first place?

But we are supposed to believe, don't worry, everything is just fine, and we haven't even got to the fundamentals yet.

So they still haven't fixed the five things they were supposed to do when they first started.

There are due process concerns when it is used by the FBI and the Federal Government.

There are First Amendment and Fourth Amendment concerns when it is used by the FBI and the Federal Government.

Facial recognition technology, there are all kinds of mistakes made when it is implemented. Those mistakes disproportionately impact African Americans.

We fight a lot on this committee, and I think we may have a little vigorous debate tomorrow morning, but today is a subject matter where we have a lot of agreement and a lot of common ground.

I just want to thank Chairwoman Kiko for being here today.

Let us at least have a debate with people who were actually elected versus unelected people just deciding.

So we have got 50 million cameras in the country, a system that, as we said earlier, is--makes mistakes all the time. Those mistakes disproportionately hurt people of color. Violates First Amendment--I think violates First Amendment…

Seems to me it is time for--it is time for a time out. Time out. Fifty million cameras, real concerns.

A facial recognition system appears to me to be a direct violation of Americans' First Amendment and Fourth Amendment liberties.

That is 1984 George Orwell kind of scenario that I think troubles us all.

The potential for mischief when you think about folks exercising their First Amendment liberties at some kind of political rally, whether it is on the right or the left, as the chairman talked about, I think is scary.

This is a critical hearing on a critical issue. Congressional oversight on this issue, I think, is of paramount importance.

Okay. You can assure this committee that there is no shadow banning that ever takes place with Twitter accounts?