Bob Goodlatte: “It is my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), the former chairman of the House Judiciary…”

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…

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

I do think they have jumped the guardrails.

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