Pramila Jayapal: “Unfortunately, right winged pundits have targeted these programs over claims that these programs are racist.”

This leaves customers entirely in the dark about government incursions into their personal data.

We must protect the public from misleading demands for secrecy related to government surveillance.

We have to stop the constant, nonconsensual state of surveillance that we live in, and that starts with placing a moratorium on our government’s use of facial recognition technology.

We need a foreign policy based on partnership, exchange, and mutual respect.