mr. neugebauer of the institution subcommittee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we live in a world where the global marketplace is funded by the payment system to deliver services to consumers in the blink of a night with consumer information transferred and stored in any one transaction. the system is only as strong as its weakest link and today i look forward to learning more about the new pavement technologies you continue to facilitate payment efficiency speed and security. i'm hopeful we can never bust policy discussion about what data security standards are needed to level the playing field. this month congressman carney and i introduced bipartisan legislation. arp starting point was to the gramm-leach-bliley which laid out a security framework of the institution 16 later the framework has worked very well. the security standards in h.r. 22 is based on certain core principles because they have a global payment system. we need a national data security standard and national breach notification standard. this must minimize regulatory requirements that must car

mr. neugebauer and mr. carney for their hard work on this sxish look forward to working with them particularly in the enforcement provisions in it. my first question is to governor pawlenty. i'd like to ask but the data security standards that gramm-leach-bliley put in for the financial institutions. you mentioned they had worked well for the financial institutions but i also wanted to know have they proven to be overly burdensome for smaller banks and credit unions? >> congresswoman maloney, no. the standards have been flexible. i think congressman neugebauer and congressman carney have done a good job in doing the same thing in their bill, which is to say, we're going to have standards and we're going to allow them to be scaled. i think that's a good model. >> in other words, they've worked well and not been too burdensome for smaller financial institutions and they won't be too burdensome for smaller retailers. >> i'd also like to know your feelings about the -- having a minimum or a floor standard. i kn

mr. neugebauer: i ask -- mr. nugent: i ask that members have five days to include matters on this bill. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nugent: today i rise in support of h.r. 723 the fallen heroes lag act. the bill before us would allow members of congress to honor law enforcement or firefighters or public safety officers who die in the line of duty by providing their family of the deceased individual at their request that the united states flag be flown over our capitol. it would would contain the expression of sympathy of the family of the individual who passed away signed by the speaker of the house and the individual representatives here in congress. this measure authored allows our house to express its gratitude in recognition for an individual who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of public service. many in our country put their lives on the line every day to serve others. they are the firefighters who charge into burning buildings in order to save a life or property police officers and other law enforceme

mr. neugebauer, how does setting a national floor but then allowing states to maintain a patch work of other requirements, how is that different than what we had now you? you said we would go from 47 regimes to 48. so help me out somebody, with what we do on this. i would love to hear from governor pawlenty. >> congressman, i would think about this -- i'm a big fan of the tenth amendment. i'm a big fan of states rights, and public policy at the state level. i believe in all of that profoundly. but i've come to think of this issue as a threat to the national security and critical infrastructure of the united states of america. not just in the payment space, but in the ability to do most of what we do and so i think it rises to the level of being worthy of being viewed in that light and setting the table nationally because it does threaten our ability to function and presents taken to any sort of reasonable extension, a threat to our economy and our nation's security. i could walk you through the scenarios, and they don't take a lot of imagination. it rationalizes an aggressive pull. >> and th

mr. neugebauer: i thank mr. mccaul for -- mr. nugent: i thank mr. mccaul for this amendment. this is based on a misconception that expands eligibility for surplus military equipment to include border security. customs and border patrol are already authorized to receive this equipment. it would just elevate their priority to where justice department is in allowing them to receive the equipment that they need. listen i was a sheriff in the 1033 program, provided equipment as it would exactly to customs and border patrol. it does not -- it does not provide armed drones. everything that they receive is demilitarize to the fact they aren't receiving tanks, no military equipment that fires a rocket or given rockets. es that a misconception that others have tried to move forward. listen border security activities are the front lines of counternarcotics and counterterrorism. before those threats hit the american airspace, american waters soil and i support this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul reserves. the gentleman from te