myra mcginns, a director at the committee for responsible federal budget, said that last november. so we're not going to go for this. we're not going to go for this. we're not going to waive the budget in this fashion. it's not going to pass. and it should have been known beforehand when senator sanders and senator reed have sought to push this bill through that it's never going to pass. because there are enough senators in this body have enough strength of will to honor the commitment we made a few weeks ago in the ryan-murray legislation. and we're not going to use some bogus gimmick to justify busting the budget. so the deal is over. nada. it's not going to happen. and i don't expect and i will defend my commitment to veterans and seeing that they're treated fairly in this country. now, a lot of positive things we need to be doing in america. this is certainly not one of them. we need to figure out how to run this government on the spending increases that we've already agreed to. and, in fact, we need to reduce those increases more than we have. otherwise, we're placing at risk

the mcginn cleared as a final point on data security legislation, never has the need been greater. the commission reiterates its bipartisan support for federal legislation that would strengthen the ftc's existing authority of data security and require companies to notify consumers when there has been a security breach. thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. the commission looks forward to continuing to work with congress on this critical issue. >> thank you. thank you, both. i would also like to point out that last week i asked a question at dni clapper. he had made an estimate that cyber attacks from -- on our economy were in excess of $300 billion worth of damage, and that was a last year report. asked him, and he says that number has probably dramatically increased. that was in public testimony last week. obviously, the goes beyond the question of individual data breach. but i believe this will grow dramatically. i also want to mention that the secret service does not want to weigh in on specific technology solutions, chip and pin and others, but we are going to ne

the mcginn cleared as a final point on data security legislation, never has the need been greater. the commission reiterates its bipartisan support for federal legislation that would strengthen the ftc's existing authority of data security and require companies to notify consumers when there has been a security breach. thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. the commission looks forward to continuing to work with congress on this critical issue. >> thank you. thank you, both. i would also like to point out that last week i asked a question at dni clapper. he had made an estimate that cyber attacks from -- on our economy were in excess of $300 billion worth of damage, and that was a last year report. asked him, and he says that number has probably dramatically increased. that was in public testimony last week. obviously, the goes beyond the question of individual data breach. but i believe this will grow dramatically. i also want to mention that the secret service does not want to weigh in on specific technology solutions, chip and pin and others, but we are going to ne

the mcginn cleared as a final point on data security legislation, never has the need been greater. the commission reiterates its bipartisan support for federal legislation that would strengthen the ftc's existing authority of data security and require companies to notify consumers when there has been a security breach. thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. the commission looks forward to continuing to work with congress on this critical issue. >> thank you. thank you, both. i would also like to point out that last week i asked a question at dni clapper. he had made an estimate that cyber attacks from -- on our economy were in excess of $300 billion worth of damage, and that was a last year report. asked him, and he says that number has probably dramatically increased. that was in public testimony last week. obviously, the goes beyond the question of individual data breach. but i believe this will grow dramatically. i also want to mention that the secret service does not want to weigh in on specific technology solutions, chip and pin and others, but we are going to ne