Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill. We all swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment does not say that if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. It says as an American, you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. It goes on to say that you can have that privacy infringed upon if there is a probable cause warrant or a subpoena issued. What our agencies are doing, though, is they are buying data around that to avoid having to even get a warrant or subpoena in the first place. The Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act protects private information. Public information is not prohibited in any way. Whether you pay somebody to do the search for you or you do it yourself, public information is like the plain view doctrine. There is no limitation on that. Mr. Higgins is clarifying that. Clay Higgins, one of our colleagues, has served as a lifetime law enforcement officer. The Judiciary Committee, where numerous law enforcement officers serve, couldn't possibly be more pro-law enforcement because they have done the career themselves, and they have supported this bill out of committee. To clarify that this bill is for law enforcement, Mr. Higgins has offered an amendment to say what the intent of the bill is. Automated license plate readers are there. That information has already been disclosed to the government. You know you have disclosed it. The license plate is designed to be a plain-view item in public.…”