On the recordApril 22, 2015
I thank the manager and the chairman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee for their service and leadership. I offer this amendment that I believe will answer a question that has been raised by many Members but really has bipartisan support. This amendment is offered as a Jackson Lee-Polis amendment, and the specifics of it say: ``Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the actions taken by the Federal Government to remove personal information from cyber threat indicators pursuant to section 4(b).'' Again, this relates to the concern that many of us will hear over and over again from our constituents. In the world of hacking and mistakes and misdirection and unfairness and terrorism, it is important to secure this Nation and to be able to have the right information. As I serve as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, I believe we have to have information to thwart terrorist acts and protect the homeland. But there is a public benefit to my amendment. This amendment will provide the public assurance from a reliable and trustworthy source that their privacy and civil liberties are not being compromised. We are a State and a Nation born out of the existence of the Bill of Rights. Along with the Constitution, it has framed a democracy, but it has also framed the preciousness of individual rights and privacy.…
