[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5942]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      IT IS NEVER OKAY TO DISREGARD OUR MOST BASIC PRIVACY RIGHTS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. HARTZLER. I rise today in response to a situation which is 
currently causing a great deal of concern among law-abiding citizens in 
my home State of Missouri.
  We have learned, through the diligent work of State Senator Kurt 
Schaefer and others in State government, that the Missouri Department 
of Revenue, which issues concealed-carry permits in our State, has 
improperly allowed this sensitive, personal information to be shared 
with the Federal Government. This egregious disregard for privacy 
rights led last week to the resignation of the director of the State 
Department of Revenue.
  While Missourians are pleased that this inappropriate sharing of 
information has been discovered, we are still trying to determine why 
information on who is legally licensed to carry concealed firearms was 
surrendered to Federal authorities in the first place.
  I stand with Missouri's elected representatives as they pursue all 
legal avenues to learn why the Missouri Department of Revenue displayed 
such blatant disregard for the rights of our honest, law-abiding 
citizens.

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