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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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?

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

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

I think we also lack the constitutional authority.

I think we lack the moral authority.

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

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

I was looking for Senator Warner in the Chamber. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.

this is a straightforward amendment that eliminates individuals who have adjusted gross incomes of greater than $1 million per year from receiving unemployment benefits. Last year, we had 2,383 people who received unemployment benefits and…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 100, nays 0, as…

I thank the Senator for his cosponsorship and support on this amendment. I haven't had a chance to share this with the Senator-- because I just received it--but I have a breakdown from the IRS of the 22 States that don't have any…

we are going to have a series of stacked votes at 4 o'clock. I want to spend a few minutes on three or four amendments and clarify some of the things I have heard rumbling. One is that we have an amendment that will, in fact, take away…

I understand that I have 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. ____________________

I want to speak on two or three topics, the first of which is the statutory debt limit. We heard the Treasury Secretary today say that essentially early, late July would be the last time at which we could manipulate things to not surpass…

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

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…

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…