Ron Wyden: “Students and parents should not be expected to wade through a mess like this in America.”

As Congress debates solutions to protect our privacy and civil liberties, the MITRE report could provide important information about how these cameras and other surveillance programs are already impacting Americans’ rights.

These unsung heroes deserve recognition for their tireless efforts to keep our communities safe and healthy, and I’m honored to be leading this effort in Congress.

What I'm committed to doing is getting both of these over the finish line.

This interpretation is wildly inconsistent with the longstanding treatment of other provisions that use identical or near-identical language.