Bob Goodlatte: “I hope that it has been timely, given the rush of events that we have here.”

For all the reasons cited by my distinguished colleagues, yes.

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

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.

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