[inaudible conversations] good morning now the executive session is complete data reaches not a new issue weve been focused on the consumer that was before i was elected to the senate. The breach is what many would consider to be the high profile breach with a number of investigations from the federal and state authorities. This was originally created by equifax so in terms of the trajectory the major did reach you could say we could come full circle. Congress paid close attention to the dative breach to strengthen Data Security requirements as well as those to affect companies to notify a the discovery of a breach so in that era with a large scale breach but while larger with consumers equifax is more severe given the sensitive nature. Weve heard from many constituents our concern of the lasting effects and i have heard complaints it is difficult to setet up the credit freeze if monitoring ispr the effective tool. The breach exposed those consumers including names and Social Securityi
Chair good morning, now that our executive session is complete we turn to the issue of data breaches. This is not a new issue. The committee has been focused on the Consumer Impact since before i was elected to the senate. The september 2004 choice point breach was considered to be the first highprofile data breach in the modern era prompted investigations from this committee and state authorities. Choice point was a data Aggregation Company originally as fateby equifax who would have it is represented here today. In terms of the inquiry the major data breaches, we have come full circle. Congress and this committee paid close attention to data breaches big and small. The committee has entertained proposals to strengthen requirements for Companies Across the board and impose federal requirements for companies to notify consumers following discovery of the breach. We are in the air of major data breaches, including equifax and yahoo that we are examining. The yahoo breaches are larger, t
Playing field when it comes to safety and safety recalls. Last were we succeeded in getting legislation passed in the Republican Congress to prohibit rental Car Companies from renting out cars that are under safety recall. So if you have a rental car company with a fleet over 35 vehicles, it is starting in june going to be a federal crime to rent out a car with an open safety recall. But taxicabs, limousines are regulated at the local level. I dont think they even check when they do the annual inspections to see whether the safety recall work has been done. We have been looking into this, and weve been asking reporters to ask, and weve asked uber and lyft, you know, what do you do about safety recalls . And from what i can tell, from an article in the american prospect, they require the owners of the car itself to certify. They could check the vin against the database at the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration and say to the owner, youve got an open recall, we dont want cust
Today. We will hear more about the budget from bernie sanders. He will be at the Brookings Institution outlining his economic agenda addressing things like wage growth, climate change, and text policy. Tax policy. The Political Landscape has changed with the 114th congress. Not only are there 43 new republicans and 50 new democrats in the house and 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate, there is also 108 women and commerce, including the first africanamerican republican in the house and the first woman veteran in the senate. Keep track of the members of congress using congressional conical on www. Cspan. Org. The congressional chronicle page has lots of information coming putting Voting Results and statistics for each session of congress. New congress, best access, on cspan, cspan 2, cspan radio and www. Cspan. Org. Cyber security breaches, cases where personal information were compromised, how the government can respond in the Technology Available for making breaches l
Kurds were there. The kurds werent even at the table. This was a betrayal of the people who are on the frontlines fighting the big fight of today against radical islamic terrorism. We betrayed them. This is horrible. What kind of message does that send to other people around the world who have to stand up against this onslaught of radical fanatic, islamic terrorists and dictatorship that would be superimposed on them . We better make sure that these people understand whether its Abdula Abdullah or how about the crown prince of abu dhabi . Heres a man who is so strong in his conviction and leadership in that part of the world to try to stop this terrible threat but yet we dont yes, hes treated well. We should be honoring him. There should be there should be our administration shoulding leading the efforts to take abdullahs and crown prince there in abu dhabi and the president , these people deserve demonstrable support, not just ok. Not just sort of halfheartedly getting behind them. Wh