Jay Rockefeller: “I am just as disappointed by Congress and our failure to create Federal standards for protecting consumer information.”

We urge Congress to, first and foremost, adopt a 4-year extension of CHIP funding through 2019.

I thank Senator Leahy for attempting to address my concerns about this bill. I thank his committee staff for working with my committee staff to insert clarifying report language.

That is stunning. It has not been reauthorized, CHIP. It is still out there, floating.

Furthermore, if we are going to potentially burden our government agencies with increased costs that will be associated with complying with the bill, then I think Congress should also provide these agencies with sufficient funding to deal…