Ted Cruz: “I have spent 14 years in the Senate fighting to protect civil liberties. The libertarians I have talked to, the Texans I…”

“I have spent 14 years in the Senate fighting to protect civil liberties. The libertarians I have talked to, the Texans I have talked to are not particularly interested in giant corporations spying on them either. The government is not the only bad actor. By objecting, what Senator Paul is saying is that giant corporations can come into your home--can come into your kitchen, can come into your bedroom--can tape-record the most intimate conversations you have, can videotape you, and they don't even have to tell you they are doing that. Understand, my bill is not prohibiting them from surveilling; it is simply saying: Tell the consumers before you tape-record them or video them. I thought it was interesting that Senator Paul says: Gosh, this doesn't sound like a very Republican bill. Well, there are 535 Members of the U.S. Congress, and 534 of them agree with this bill. The only one that does not is Senator Paul. And the result of it is that giant corporations are empowered to spy on you without you ever knowing it.”