Tom Coburn

Take the money. Separate real property from homelessness.

We are making something very, very difficult, and every time we try to move anything on this...

I reject that. I want you to know----

Why would we not want to do that?

I think we need to be very careful on this idea of security because the greatest example I know is we spend $64 billion a year on IT in the Federal Government, and then on top of that, we spend tens of billions on security, and we are…

There are a number of further fixes to 1030, to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...

Would you mind submitting to the Committee which are which so that it can guide us in addressing where we think we might need to go?

Can you do that through regulation now? Can you make those demands through regulation?

We think that there are--although we do not have a specific proposal, there are undoubtedly--there is a reasonable period of time that Congress can require providers to retain data...

Like writing in plain English instead of lawyerese?

What I find is in Congress a lot of time we talk past each other.

There is no comprehensive Federal legal requirement that requires data breach reporting either to customers or law enforcement.

The cyber stalking statute requires currently that the victim and the defendant actually be in different States...

So the question I would have for you is: Do you have the ability to implement that now under the FTC guidelines?

I hope after you all testify that you will hang around and listen to the second panel.

Transparency in what we do in government and outside of government, when it is not fiduciary and when it is not proprietary, is important for the American people, as is the issue of privacy.

I understand that. But once they are in your app store----

Can you ask any American who would think that the Federal Government ought to have 56 different programs for financial literacy?

There is nothing wrong with our Federal employees in trying to do this, there is a problem with Congress in terms of oversight.

Can you think of a worse way to set things up than what we have done?

I think we also lack the constitutional authority.

I think we lack the moral authority.

Continuity in agencies like this is really important. When we get great leadership, we should do everything to keep that leadership.

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I submit the following notice in writing: In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule XXII, including germaneness requirements, for the…