mr. moran: i ask consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: i ask consent to address the senate as if in morning business for such other time as i may consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: thank you very much. i'm back on the floor to talk about an issue i spoke just a few days ago the choice act. let me take my colleagues back in history. just a few months, just to last year. and i don't imagine any of us don't remember the scandal that the department of veterans' affairs was facing, the stories across the country of fake waiting lists of services not provided the potential death of veterans while waiting for those services to occur. i also would think that at least many of my colleagues would agree that for much of the last few years, the united states senate hasn't done much of the business it was designed to do and that needed to be done in our country. but i remember a day in august of 2014 in which the united sta

this is what mr. moran said -- quote -- "instead of supporting our agents, this administration has decided it is more important to find new ways to solicit complaints and invite ridicule against them." close quote. and the american people have got to know that the obama administration's dereliction of duty relaitding -- relating to our immigration system did not begin with this recent decree. from the day he took office, the president has relentlessly and systematically colleagues, friends, american people, dismantled immigration enforcement. it's far more serious than you would imagine. so my office has compiled a 49-page baseline time line of nearly 200 specific entries and events that occurred since 2009 detailing how the law of the united states has been undermined by directives and orders from the president of the united states. it's step by step. this one person alone the president, has acted against the will of the american people and undermined law in america. and just briefly i'll mention the first

mr. moran: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president thank you. i want to comment on an interview that was published yesterday, quoting the president sms in an interview published yesterday the president spoke about a number of issues facing the united states. and during that interview, he had commentary on terrorism and he referenced the january attacks in paris france, from what i describe as a very concerning way. the president described the attacks in paris as -- quote -- "randomly shooting a bunch of folks in a deli." the president's perception of the hostage taking and murder of four jews in a kosher super market in that way we ought to all be concerned. when he's asked to clarify the president's comments today the white house stated that the jewish victims of this attack were -- quote -- "killed not because of who they were, but because of where they randomly happened to be." the white house today suggested that because there were non-jews in the kosher super market named super kosher, the attack did not specifically ta

mr. johnson. >> yes, good morning chairman moran, ranking memory mber blumenthal.urrently lead the associations fiscal cyber security business continuity and policy efforts at the association. we share the concerns of congress about attacking consumers in this increasingly sophisticated world of electronic record-keeping. it is clear that consumers enjoy the convenience of electronic actions. our payment system remains strong and functional him a and it is mandatory that we remained that trust in the system so that it remains essentially a system that our customers can continue to trust. while the majority of transactions are conducted safely, consumers have the right to swift accurate notification of these breaches. they have the right to that whenever they conduct business electronically. the business should do everything it can to prevent the breach from occurring in the first place. mr. duncan mentioned the verizon study. the international sample of private companies and police stations around the world. federal organizations such as the identity theft resource

mr. duncan? >> chairman moran and members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity. data breaches need to be correctly and forcibly addressed. it fundamentally affect our economies push toward greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness. by way of context, there is a long history of interception by individuals and governments from opening letters to tapping and telephone conversations. today, we had super computers and the internet. they're crating a public network with no boundaries, far more versatile and efficient than all the technology that has gone before it. governments entrust them with particle infrastructure, businesses with their most valuable intellectual property and millions of people type their deepest secrets into google, all while knowing the system is vulnerable. this technology is still in its infancy, having commercially begun just a quarter century ago. we are still discovering its capabilities and implementations and risks. we are here to address one of the most significant risks to emerge, data breach. it is congress's challenged with some nice -

mr. duncan? >> chairman moran and members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity.ata breaches need to be correctly and forcibly addressed. very -- they fundamentally affect our economies push toward greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness. by way of context, there is a long history of interception by private individuals and governments from opening letters to tapping and telephone conversations. today, we had super computers and the internet. together they're crating a , public network with no boundaries, far more versatile and efficient than all the technology that has gone before . governments entrust them with critical infrastructure, businesses with their most valuable intellectual property , and millions of people type their deepest secrets into google, all while knowing the system is vulnerable. two intrusion, both by governments and sophisticated data hackers. this technology is still in its infancy, having commercially begun just a quarter-century ago. so we are still discovering its capabilities and implementations -- limitations and risks. today, we are

mr. duncan? >> chairman moran and members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity. data breaches need to be correctly and forcibly addressed. it fundamentally affect our economies push toward greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness. by way of context, there is a long history of interception by individuals and governments from opening letters to tapping and telephone conversations. today, we had super computers and the internet. they're crating a public network with no boundaries, far more versatile and efficient than all the technology that has gone before it. governments entrust them with particle infrastructure businesses with their most valuable intellectual property and millions of people type their deepest secrets into google, all while knowing the system is vulnerable. this technology is still in its infancy, having commercially begun just a quarter-century ago. we are still discovering its capabilities and implementations and risks. we are here to address one of the most significant risks to emerge, data breach. it is congress's challenged with some nice --