"There is a strong groundswell of support for a Federal privacy law that sets a national standard."
"Setting one national standard is common sense and it's the right approach to give people certainty."
"Transparency is critical."
"I do believe that there is bipartisan support to move forward so that we can ensure strong protection of personal data."
"I am concerned about the patchwork of privacy and security laws that I see coming at the State level."
"I certainly agree that we need a national standard."
"We need to be very concerned about making sure that we are protecting individuals' privacy."
"I introduced a data bill back in 2007, and we are still here today discussing data and data security and a data bill."
"part of what we are looking at with this like privacy legislation is basically looking at stopping Jim Crow online."
"We should certainly look at California and learn from them, but it is, as I understand, a law that came together in 1 week and that was their choice about how they did it."
"I think as we move forward we need to be very concerned about making sure that we are protecting individuals' privacy but also ensuring that we are not becoming too regulatory."
"This debate isn't about the merits of an open free internet. I support an open free internet."