Bob Goodlatte

I think there are a number of circumstances, particularly when civil rights, religious organizations, political campaigns, and other important things are being involved in surveillance, that there ought to be somebody not representing the…

I would call attention to something we haven't talked much about here today, and that is the fact that, when the FISA court issues warrants allowing for the surveillance of various parties that are brought to the attention of the court…

I think a great first step would be to pass the Fourth Amendment's Not For Sale Act that's been introduced by Chair Nadler.

I think the PATRIOT Act went off track in not defining some of the areas that set parameters around government gathering data.

Right, but the sale of the information to the government puts the government in the picture as well and the Fourth Amendment is directed at the government not obtaining information without showing probable cause, without providing a…

Right now would be to pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act.

I think the more choices the consumer has in terms of how they can control or access their information...

I do think they have jumped the guardrails.

The fact of the matter is this Committee has jurisdiction over this narrower focus regarding protecting the Fourth Amendment.

I think that antitrust laws definitely should be utilized to promote competition.

The more opportunities that the consumer has to decide for themselves whether or not they want to make certain information available to Google or other companies and control how Google might utilize that information, the better.

I definitely do not remember the conversation.

I think that it would be appropriate for the Congress to look at data collection practices beyond the scope of what this Committee is looking at here today.

Absolutely. Again, going back to the question that Mr. Issa had, the difference between the broader scope here and the narrower scope of this legislation is those entities, corporations, governments outside the United States, we should…

The Congress needs to Act here.

The original intent being that which is held to be yours and reasonably expected to be for privacy must be returned to privacy.

I think that the important thing there is that the consumer understands and has that choice.

I'm here to advocate on behalf of people who are concerned about abuses of the Fourth Amendment.

It is the change in technology that has evolved, particularly since ECPA was passed and we have tried to reform it.

The principle of protecting people's rights under the Fourth Amendment has to come first.

This practice defies the Fourth Amendment.

Our very country was born out of anger and fear of what a government can do to people when it doesn't respect their privacy.

Government agencies are asserting they can flout the Fourth Amendment's requirement for a probable cause warrant by simply buying our personal data.

The charge is abuse of power, but what the majority is really upset about is the fact that the President and the administration is exercising its power under the Constitution, its authorized powers.