John Thune actually said...

"The United States Senate is first and foremost a public institution, accountable to the people."

"this will be the first of what I suspect will be other efforts to get input from those who are affected by the privacy issue"

"A strong national baseline creates clear rules for companies and ensures that individuals across the United States can expect consistent data protections."

"A national framework should specifically preempt the patchwork of different data breach notification laws in all 50 states."