Political Quotes

“What an exaggeration. I know that they have been propelled by all of the media that has given them great support. They know that the underlying bill, in fact, is considered an invasion of privacy; but if you look at my amendment, it is only when the communication is associated with a known or a reasonably suspected cybersecurity threat. It is narrow, but more importantly, it has a privacy provision. I believe in privacy. Let me just say that I was not going to be denied the right to come to the floor to be able to frame what we should be doing--looking at infrastructure and the complement of making sure that privacy is protected. This particular book, even with the amendments they have, will probably not draw this to the point of acceptance. So I would argue that this is a productive debate but that the amendment that Jackson Lee has submitted does not, in fact, at all violate privacy. I would say to them that I look forward to being able to address this question as we go forward. I am going to ask, at this time, unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment for the misinterpretation that my friends on the other side of the aisle have predicted or thought that they were going to put on this particular amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. There was no objection. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Ms. Richardson The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 printed in House Report 112 454.”