[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11043-11044]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, earlier today the Financial Services 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a 
hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's widespread 
collection and use of data.

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  At this time, Washington is flooded with scandals over mass 
surveillance and political targeting. Over the past few months, 
Americans have seen and continue to see the potential for personal 
information to be misused and compromised by the government.
  Now another government agency that has touted itself as being 
transparent is spending millions of dollars to collect and store 
information on potentially millions of U.S. citizens.
  Even more troubling is that in today's hearing, the Acting Deputy 
Director of the CFPB couldn't even give a broad estimate of the number 
of Americans having their data monitored.
  Americans have a right to know that their government has gone too 
far. It is time for the CFPB and the administration to answer questions 
from Congress, allow for greater transparency, and safeguard the 
privacy and constitutional rights of American citizens.

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