Political Quotes

“first of all, I thank both of my colleagues for their very important work on the issue before the Senate today. I, like them, have a State where both opioid and heroin abuse is taking too many lives and destroying too many families. I look forward to successfully moving forward on this legislation. Digital Security Mr. President, I rise to join several of my colleagues in a conversation on digital security. Since last year, I have been working with the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Texas Republican Michael McCaul, to set up a Commission of experts to study digital security and issues around encryption. These issues have been somewhat in the news, and we have seen court cases in both California and New York. I say to my colleagues that this is one component the Commission is trying to address. We are at the beginning of a debate that is even broader than the current cases being litigated in California and New York, which will encompass the whole world with digital security. If you think the issues we face now are challenging, as our country and the world move more toward the Internet, such as having your refrigerator respond to your voice, this issue around digital security is only going to grow. I have a background with the technology community and Chairman McCaul has a background with the law enforcement community.…”