This is one of several appearances he made. This is two hours. This is two hours. The committee will come to order it as we hear testimony from a the ceo from equifax that held those positions until last week i understand you are now an unpaid advisor to the company that we appreciate your willingness to testify here about the events surrounding the breach and equifax response what you were leading the company. Given the severity congress will continue to examine the facts and what can be done to prevent similar situations cyber securities one of the most pressing issues facing Companies Consumers and governments alike is one of the biggest threats to the Financial System the amount of data us the industry collective stores very concerning intrinsic vulnerability collecting and storing personal information when you have the Banking Committee takes the oversight seriously and Financial Institutions Credit Bureau serves the critical function to be a daily part of every americans intersec
Executive officer of equifax who held those positions until last week. I understand that youre now serving as an unpaid adviser to the company and appreciate your willingness to testify here and appear and testify about the events surrounding the brief and equifaxs response while you were leading the company. Congress will continue to examine the facts. Cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing companies as well as consumers and government alike and is one of the biggest threats to our Financial System. The amount of data that the private industry and government collect and store is very concerning. There is intrinsic vulnerability in collecting and storing personal Financial Information, and we need to have a meaningful discussion on how to protect and limit access to it. The Banking Committee takes its oversight of Credit Bureaus seriously. As they are Financial Institutions under the grand leach bliley act. Credit bureaus serve a critical function in our Financial Sys
Georgia who is already achieving national power. Watch afterward sunday night at 9 00 eastern on cspan2s booktv. Nafta renegotiations continue between the us, canada and mexico. Up next a panel looks at the politics of the north American Free trade agreement. We will hear from a former Us Ambassador to canada, Gordon Giffen and Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich. The International Law firm deadens hosted this conference. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome back from the break. Hope you enjoyed some coffee and refreshments. We had a terrific panel this morning. This afternoons panel earlier this afternoon and the next panel promises to be as informational and jampacked. I will turn things over to my partner and friend, Gordon Giffen, former ambassador to canada, the Global Leader of Public Policy practice and all around good guy. I hope somebody wrote that down. Welcome. I am biased but the presence of my friend, ambassador gary durum, this will be the most interesting panel of the da
Welcome back from the break. We hope you enjoyed some coffee and refreshments. We had a terrific panel this morning and this afternoons panel or earlier this afternoon and this next panel promises to be just as informational and jam packed. So im going to turn things over to my partner and friend former ambassador to canada, currently a member of the u. S. And Global Boards of dentons. And just an all around good guy. Gordon. I hope somebody wrote that down. Welcome. Im biassed but even in the presence of my friend ambassador gary durham will claim this will be the most interesting panel of the day. And we even recruited an american to be on it. You were there playing an american i think, north american. So im honored to be here as the person facilitating this conversation. To my left physically but not idea logically is the former Prime Minister of canada, steven harper. To his left which may be true, im not sure, is the former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich and to his left is our
Good afternoon everyone. Welcome back from the break. We hope you enjoyed some coffee and refreshments. We had a terrific panel this morning and this afternoons panel or earlier this afternoon and this next panel promises to be just as informational and jam packed. So im going to turn things over to my partner and friend former ambassador to canada, currently a member of the u. S. And Global Boards of dentons. And just an all around good guy. Gordon. I hope somebody wrote that down. Welcome. Im biassed but even in the presence of my friend ambassador gary durham will claim this will be the most interesting panel of the day. And we even recruited an american to be on it. You were there playing an american i think, north american. So im honored to be here as the person facilitating this conversation. To my left physically but not idea logically is the former Prime Minister of canada, Steven Harper. To his left which may be true, im not sure, is the former speaker of the house Newt Gingri