[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 609-610]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION

  (Mr. GARCIA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Tax Identity Theft 
Awareness Week, and I urge my colleagues to join me in working to 
reduce this invasive crime.
  Floridians suffer from some of the highest rates of identity theft in 
the country, with over 70,000 people filing complaints of identity 
theft last year. Whether they shop at neighborhood mom-and-pop stores 
or large retailers, Americans deserve to buy what they need without 
living in fear of having given away private information or being 
compromised.
  That is why I introduced the Safe ID Act, in order to address the 
growing problem of identity theft and tax fraud.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill and other 
commonsense efforts to stop this heinous crime.

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