Posted on 07/29/2014 2:12:30 PM PDT by Plummz
Bi-partisan legislation protects privacy rights while targeting terrorists
July 29, 2014 | (202) 228-7561
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 filed today. Senator Cruz is an original co-sponsor of this bill:
“Republicans and Democrats are showing America that the government can respect the privacy rights of law-abiding citizens, while at the same time, giving law enforcement the tools needed to target terrorists,” said Sen. Cruz. “The USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 ends the government’s bulk record collection program and implements other necessary surveillance reforms. Importantly, it also sends a strong signal that a bipartisan coalition in Congress is working to safeguard our privacy rights. I am honored to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle toward delivering this bill to the President’s desk for his signature. We need to protect the constitutional rights of every American.”
The USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 was introduced by Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont. Sen. Cruz and Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are original co-sponsors.
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http://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/20140729_USA_FREEDOM_Act_of_2014.pdf
Wow, that headline sure threw me for a minute, collecting old records is a common hobby.
Wow, that headline sure threw me for a minute, collecting old records is a common hobby.
Threw me off too. I thought I was going to have to destroy all that classic vinyl. You can have my vinyl when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
OMG! We are OlD! ...
Good, I’m not alone...
Record hoarders everywhere were sweating for a couple of seconds....
Wow. What am going to do with the thousands of vinyl LPs I own?
“collecting old records is a common hobby.”
I also immediately thought of my huge collection of 78 rpm records!
While I support this I can also bet that so many Dems are supporting it because they already stole all the info for their electioneering database and just want to close the door to keep anyone else from getting it.
About 30 years too late. Congress got bought off by telemarketing/massmailing lobbyists decades ago and the datebanks were built.
But, we’ll see how this works out.
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Maxine Waters: Obama Has a Database on Everything About Every Individual
Rush Limbaugh ^ | 2/08/13 | El Rushbo
WATERS: Well, you know, I don’t know. And I think some people are missing something here. The president has put in place an organization that contains the kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life. That’s going to be very, very powerful. That database will have information about everything on every individual in ways that it’s never been done before.
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