[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H31-H32]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               PROTECTING AMERICANS' PERSONAL INFORMATION

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this week the House will 
consider a bill offered by Representative Pitts that would require the 
Obama administration to notify Americans who had their personal 
information stolen after signing up for health insurance through 
ObamaCare.
  As someone who has made protecting Social Security numbers a 
priority, I am deeply concerned about an increase of identity theft 
through the flawed ObamaCare Web site. Social Security numbers are the 
key to identity theft. Yet CMS, which is the same agency that runs 
health care, has failed to protect seniors' identity by refusing to 
remove Social Security numbers from Medicare cards.

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  That is why Mr. Pitts' bill, along with H.R. 781, the Medicare 
Identity Theft Prevention Act, which I introduced with my Democrat 
colleague, Lloyd Doggett, are two simple yet effective ways we can 
protect Americans and keep their private information just that--
private.
  I urge my colleagues to join our efforts. We must do what is right 
for Americans.

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